Brian Hooker

Hooker attended Yale College in the class of 1902, where he was a writer, editor and business manager for campus humor magazine The Yale Record. He was an editor of The Yale Record collection Yale Fun (1901). He died in New London, Connecticut, aged 66.

• Name — Brian Hooker • Birth Name — William Brian Hooker • Born — 2 November 1880 • Birthplace — New York City • Died — 28 December 1946 • Place of death — New London, Connecticut, U.S. • Known for — Cyrano de Bergerac (1923 translation) The Vagabond King (1925) • Education — Yale University • Occupation — * Poet • playwright • novelist • Spouse — Doris Redfield Cooper • Children — 3 daughters • Parents — Elizabeth Work William Augustus Hooker • Relatives — Thomas Hooker (1586–1647)

Hooker published the novel The Right Man, illustrated by Alonzo Myron Kimball, in 1908. His poetry was published in The Century Magazine, The Forum, Hampton's Magazine, Harper's Magazine, McClure's Magazine, Scribner's Magazine, The Smart Set, and The Yale Review. Hooker wrote the librettos for two operas by Horatio Parker, Mona (opera) and Fairyland. He co-wrote the libretto and lyrics for Rudolf Friml's 1925 operetta The Vagabond King, and is noted for his 1923 English translation of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac.