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David Need, Visiting Instructor, Slavic Languages & Literature

Please note: David has left the "Duke International" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.
Office Location: | 134 Trent Hall |
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- Education:
Ph.D. University of Virginia 2004
- Specialties:
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Buddhism
Religion
Hinduism
Culture
- Keywords:
- U.S. • Asia • Russia • India • Hinduism • Buddhism
- Postdocs Mentored
- Susan Langford (Spring 2009 Semester)
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- French: Rainer Maria Rilke translated by David Need, in Fafnir's Heart World Poetry in Translation, edited by Chabria, PS (December, 2018), Bombaykala Books, ISBN 8193835387 (translated by Need, D.) [abs]
- German: Rainer Maria Rilke translated by David Need, in Fafnir's Heart World Poetry in Translation, edited by Chabria, PS (December, 2018), Bombaykala Books, ISBN 8193835387 (translated by Need, D.) [abs]
- Rilke, RM, From Notebooks and Personal Papers (October, 2018), pp. 210 pages, ISBN 1848616023 [abs]
- Need, D, Songs In-Between the Day / Offshore ST. Mark — Two Suites (2015), pp. 69 pages, Three Count Pour Press, ISBN 9780988937758 [abs]
- Rilke, RM, Roses: The Late French Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, edited by Need, D (July, 2014), pp. 213 pages, Horse and Buggy Press, ISBN 0989640108 (translated by Need, D.) [abs]