Brooks Haxton

Quick Facts

Full Name	Brooks Haxton
Occupation	Author
Date Of Birth	Dec 1, 1950(1950-12-01)
Age	74
Birthplace	Greenville
Country	United States
Birth City	South Carolina
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Brooks Haxton Biography

Brooks Haxton is one of the most popular and richest Author who was born on December 1, 1950 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States.

Haxton grew up in Greenville, Mississippi, and graduated from Greenville High School in 1968. He then attended Beloit College in Wisconsin, graduating with a BA in English literature and composition in 1972. He earned an M.A. in creative writing from Syracuse University in 1981. His parents, Kenneth Haxton (1919-2002) and Josephine Ayres Haxton (1921-2012), were both writers, although Kenneth Haxton was primarily known as a musician and composer. Josephine Haxton, a prominent southern fiction writer, used the pen name Ellen Douglas.

Haxton lives in Syracuse, New York, with his wife, Frances Haxton. They married on June 5, 1983. They have one son and twin daughters.

Brooks Haxton Net Worth

Brooks Haxton is one of the richest Author from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Brooks Haxton 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Brooks Haxton (born December 1, 1950) is an American poet and translator. His publications include eight books of original poems and four books of translations from the German, the French, and ancient Greek. In 2014 he published Fading Hearts on the River, a book of nonfiction about his son’s professional poker career.

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Top Facts about Brooks Haxton

1. Brooks Haxton is an American poet and translator born in 1950.
2. He has published several poetry collections, including “They Lift Their Wings to Cry” and “Uproar”.
3. Haxton’s translations include works by Greek poets such as Yannis Ritsos and Dinos Christianopoulos.
4. He has received numerous awards for his work, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the O.B. Hardison Jr. Poetry Prize.
5. Haxton is also a professor of English at Syracuse University in New York.
6. His poetry often explores themes of nature, spirituality, and human relationships.
7. Haxton’s translation of Victor Hugo’s “Les Misérables” was published in 2019.
8. He has been praised for his ability to capture the essence of the original text in his translations.
9. In addition to poetry and translation, Haxton has also written essays on topics such as music and literature.
10. His work has been featured in publications such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and The Paris Review.