Vivian Perlstein Folkenflik (August 21, 1940 – October 28, 2023) was an American educator and translator; she was a lecturer at the University of California, Irvine, and translated works from French, by writers Germaine de Staël and others.
Vivian Folkenflik | |
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| Born | Vivian Perlstein August 21, 1940 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | October 28, 2023 (aged 83) Montclair, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Educator, translator |
| Children | 2, including David Folkenflik |
Early life and education
editPerlstein was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the daughter of Jacob Perlstein and Natalie Brettschneider Perlstein. Her family was Jewish; her father was a cardiologist and her mother was a school librarian. She graduated from James Madison High School in 1957,[1] and from Radcliffe College. She traveled in Europe in 1958.[2] She earned a master's degree in French literature at Cornell University, and was working on a doctorate when she married a fellow graduate student in 1965.[3][4]
Career
editFolkenflik translated into English several works by French writers, including Germaine de Staël, Jacqueline Chénieux-Gendron, and Anne-Gédéon de La Fitte, Marquis de Pelleport. She taught humanities courses at the University of California, Irvine, where her husband was a professor of English.[5] She retired from UCI in 2012.[6]
Publications
edit- "Vision and Truth: Baroque Art Metaphors in Guzmán de Alfarache" (1973)[7]
- "Words and Language in Father and Son" (1979, with Robert Folkenflik)[8]
- An Extraordinary Woman: Selected Writings of Germaine de Staël (1987, introduction)[9]
- Chénieux-Gendron, Surrealism (1990, translator)[10]
- Major Writings of Germaine De Stael (1992, translator)
- Pelleport, The Bohemians (2011, translator)[11]
Personal life
editPerlstein married Robert Folkenflik in 1965.[4] They had two children, Nora and David, and lived in Laguna Beach, California for most of their lives together.[12] Her daughter died in 1995, and her husband died in 2019.[13] She died in 2023, at the age of 83, after she was struck by a truck outside her home in Montclair, New Jersey.[5][14]
References
edit- ^ James Madison High School, Log '57 (1957 yearbook): 118. via Ancestry.
- ^ "European Holiday". Daily News. 1958-07-08. p. 57. Retrieved 2023-12-05 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Folkenflik, David; Lupton, Julia. "In Memoriam: Remembering Vivian Folkenflik (1940-2023)". UCI School of Humanities. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
- ^ a b "Perlstein Sisters In Double Wedding". The New York Times. March 29, 1965. p. 40. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
- ^ a b Pineda, Dorany (2023-11-06). "Vivian Folkenflik, UC Irvine lecturer who taught thousands of students, dies at 83". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
- ^ "Emeriti Faculty". UCI School of Humanities. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
- ^ Folkenflik, Vivian (1973). "Vision and Truth: Baroque Art Metaphors in Guzmán de Alfarache". MLN. 88 (2): 347–355. doi:10.2307/2907520. ISSN 0026-7910. JSTOR 2907520.
- ^ Vivian Folkenflik; Robert Folkenflik (1979). "Words and Language in Father and Son". Biography. 2 (2): 158–174. doi:10.1353/bio.2010.0881. ISSN 1529-1456.
- ^ Staël, Germaine de (1987-08-18). An Extraordinary Woman: Selected Writings of Germaine de Staël. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-51318-0.
- ^ Chénieux-Gendron, Jacqueline (1990). Surrealism. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-06811-6.
- ^ Pelleport, Anne Gédéon Lafitte, Marquis de (2011-07-07). The Bohemians. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-0370-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Levine, Cecilia (2023-11-04). "NPR Reporter Pens Tribute To 'Remarkable' Mom Killed By Pickup In Montclair". Essex Daily Voice. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
- ^ "Robert Folkenflik, UCI professor emeritus of English and literary scholar, dies at 80". UCI School of Humanities. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ^ Morel, Kyle. "83-year-old Montclair woman struck and killed on busy street". North Jersey Media Group. Retrieved 2023-12-05.