The Odyssey Author:Homer translated by Robert Fitzgerald Winner of the 1961 Bollingen Award for the best translation of a poem into English. — "Fitzgerald's translation insures the reader against all trials of boredom in a rediscovery of Homer's epic. One of the great merits of Fitzgerald's book is its rendering of Homer's heroic dignity, his moral force, his religious spirit - and this without loss o... more »f narrative clarity and action" The New York Times Book Review« less