John Garrett Underhill
| John Garrett Underhill | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 10, 1876 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | May 15, 1946 (aged 69–70) 120 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Polytechnic Institute |
| Occupation | Translator, professor, producer |
| Known for | Authority on Jacinto Benavente and other Spanish authors |
John Garrett Underhill (January 10, 1876 – May 15, 1946) was an American author and stage producer who translated the works of Jacinto Benavente, a Spanish dramatist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, and a number of other Spanish authors.
Underhill was born in Brooklyn in 1876, the son of Francis French Underhill and Mrs. Frances Bergen Underhill. He graduated from the Polytechnic Institute in 1894, received an A.M. at Columbia University two years later and a Ph.D. there in 1899.
For the next two years he served at Columbia University as an assistant in comparative literature. In 1901 he went to the stage, gaining first-hand experience of drama by appearing in several plays.
In 1911 Underhill became general representative for the United States and Canada of the Society of Spanish Authors. He began the work of translating Benavente's plays in 1917, completing four series of translations by 1924.
In 1923 he translated the works of G. Martinez Sierra. Underhill translated the plays in Volume I. The second volume of the plays was translated by Helen and Harley Granville-Barker.
When a fire occurred at the Twilight Inn in Haines Falls, New York, resulting in death of at least 19 people, Underhill was on hand and served in the inquest that followed.
Four plays by Lope de Vega were translated by Underhill in 1936. A member of The Players, he was author of the book "Spanish Literature in the England of the Tudors, published in 1899.
Around 1937, Underhill was living at 2 Grace Court in Brooklyn.
Between 1940 and 1946, Dr. John Garrett Underhill, Sr., served as 6th President of the Underhill Society of America. Years later his son John Garrett Underhill, Jr. would take on the same role.
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