Brian Hooker
William Brian Hooker (November 2, 1880 – December 28, 1946) was an American poet, educator, lyricist, and librettist. He was born in New York City, the son of Elizabeth Work and William Augustus Hooker, who was a mining engineer for the New York firm of Hooker and Lawrence. His family was well known in Hartford, Connecticut having descended from Thomas Hooker, a prominent Puritan religious and colonial leader who founded the Colony of Connecticut.
Brian Hooker
"The Los Angeles Music Fiesta", The Musical Courier, July 7, 1915, p. 21 · Public domain
- 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
- Spouse
- Doris Redfield Cooper
- Nationality
- United States
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Brian Hooker nacque a New York, Stati Uniti (2 novembre 1880) e morì a New London, Connecticut, Stati Uniti (28 dicembre 1946).
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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.
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• 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)
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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.
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1880
Brian Hooker born at New York City.
1946
Brian Hooker died at New London.
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- 1."Brian Hooker Dies; Noted For Cyrano", The New York Times, December 29, 1946, p. 37.
- 2.Hooker, Edward. The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586–1908 : being an account of what is known of Rev. Thomas Hooker's family in England. Margaret Huntington Hooker. 1909.
- 3.Bronson, Francis W., Thomas Caldecott Chubb, and Cyril Hume, eds. (1922) The Yale Record Book of Verse: 1872–1922. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 13–14, 54–57.
- 4."William Brian Hooker". Obituary Record of Graduates Of Yale University: Deceased During the Year 1946–1947. New Haven: Yale University. January 1, 1948. p. 63.
- 5.Hastings, Wells, Brian Hooker, and Henry Ely, eds. (1901) Yale Fun. New Haven: The Yale Record. p. 1.
- 6."The Right Man" by Brian Hooker; illustrations by Alonzo Kimball, catalogue record at HathiTrust;
- 7.Poems, Yale University Press 1915, p. iv.
- 8.Meneer, Nathanael. Horatio Parker's Mona: an experiment in American grand opera. Boston University. November 30, 2012.
- 9.Parker, Horatio W. Fairyland: an opera in three acts. G. Schirmer. November 30, 1915.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Green, Stanley (1976), Encyclopaedia of the Musical Theatre, Dodd, Mead, p. 195.
- Yardley, Jonathan (2005) "Cyrano, Gaining in the Translation", The Washington Post, February 2, 2005, p. C01. Accessed July 10, 2025.
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