Gilbert Highet

Gilbert Highet (1906-1978) was a professor at both Oxford and Columbia. In the 1950s he hosted a radio program called People, Places and Books, which was carried by more than two hundred radio stations, and was a judge for the Book-of-the-Month Club. He served as a literary critic for Harper's Magazine during the early 1950s and was the author of more than a dozen books, including works on literary history, essays, poems, and criticism.

Poets in a Landscape By Gilbert Highet Preface by Michael C.J. Putnam Poets in a Landscape is Gilbert Highet's delightful exploration of both Latin literature and the Italian landscape. Category: Poetry and Drama, Fiction Publisher: NYRB Classics