Robert Bagg

{{short description|American poet and translator|bot=PearBOT 5}}

Robert Bagg (born 1935, New Jersey){{cite web| title = Gloria Victis 1956| publisher = Hollandiai Magyar Szovetseg | url = http://www.federatio.org/mi_bibl/GloriaVictis1956.pdf| format = PDF| accessdate = 2008-01-28}} is an American poet and translator. He has published several volumes of poetry and has authored critical studies of Sappho and Catullus.Bagg, Robert. Hippolytos. New York: Oxford University Press. 1973. Recognition for his work includes receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship for translation and a Prix de Rome for poetry. He graduated from Amherst College in 1957, received an M.A. from the University of Connecticut in 1961 and a Ph.D. from the same institution in 1965.{{Cite web |title=Collection: Robert Bagg (AC 1957) Papers {{!}} Amherst College - ArchivesSpace |url=https://archivesspace.amherst.edu/repositories/2/resources/12 |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=archivesspace.amherst.edu}}

In addition to his other literary work, Bagg taught English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (1965–1996), serving as Department Chair{{which|date=October 2019}} (1986–92).{{cite web

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