Mr. McClatchy had honed the craft of poetry, he often said, by listening to music, and even on the printed page the aurality of his work was striking. Mr. McClatchy also wrote well-received English translations of European opera librettos, that, with their careful attention to stress and sound, were expressly designed to be sung. PhotoThe longtime editor of The Yale Review — he held the post from 1991 until his retirement last year — Mr. McClatchy wrote and edited many books of criticism. Mr. McClatchy’s survivors include his husband, the noted book-jacket designer Chip Kidd, whom he married in 2013; and three sisters, Edythe Pahl, Joan Brennan and Elizabeth Davis. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“The young Vietnamese radiologist wants a last look,” Mr. McClatchy wrote.

Source: New York Times April 11, 2018 22:19 UTC