Max Wickert

Max Wickert is the author of critical articles on Edmund Spenser and on early opera, as well as of several volumes of verse. His verse translation of Tasso's "Gerusalemme liberata," was published by Oxford University Press in 2009 as "The Liberation of Jerusalem." His rhymed version of Book One of Tasso's Rime was published by Italica Press in 2011 as Love Poems for Lucrezia Bendidio. His translation of Tasso's Rinaldo was published by Italica Press in 2017. He is the founder-director of...See more

Max Wickert is the author of critical articles on Edmund Spenser and on early opera, as well as of several volumes of verse. His verse translation of Tasso's "Gerusalemme liberata," was published by Oxford University Press in 2009 as "The Liberation of Jerusalem." His rhymed version of Book One of Tasso's Rime was published by Italica Press in 2011 as Love Poems for Lucrezia Bendidio. His translation of Tasso's Rinaldo was published by Italica Press in 2017. He is the founder-director of Outriders Poetry Project, a small press, and taught for many years at the University at Buffalo, NY. See less