Paul Anthony Jagasich
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Two Faces of the English Channel by Professor Paul Jagasich
Paul Anthony Jagasich, PhD (born 30 March 1934 in Budapest, Hungary) is an American open water swimmer, author, and translator from Virginia.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- He finished 23rd in the 1987 45.9 km Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 8 hours 35 minutes 19 seconds.
- He completed a 33.5 km crossing of the English Channel from England to France on 6 September 1988 in 12 hours 26 minutes under the auspices of the Channel Swimming Association escorted by Ray Dixon. He was the oldest swimmer to complete a crossing during 1988 at the age of 54 and was the recipient of the O'Clee Jubilee Cup.
- He wrote Two Faces of the English Channel (The Untold Story) in 1991 about his English Channel experiences.
On 5 September 1987, he finished 2nd in the 12.8 km Boston Light Swim in 3 hours 15 minutes.
Publications
- Two Faces of the English Channel (The Untold Story) in 1991
- Dictionary of Oriental Lexical Elements in Hungarian, 1985
- An Edition of a Portion of the Livro Primeiro das leys das Partidas de Castella (Folios 38-82), 1986
- (contrib editor) Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review/Jaroslav Seifert Retrospective, 1986
- (with T. O'Grady) Editor's Choice II, 1987
- Four Honors Lectures, 1991
- TRANSLATOR: (with T. O'Grady) J. Seifert, The Casting of Bells, 1983
- (with T. O'Grady) J. Seifert, Mozart in Prague, 1985
- (with T. O'Grady) J. Seifert, Eight Days, 1985
- J. Seifert, Halley's Comet, 1987
- (with T. O'Grady) The Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review Anthology, 1975-1990, 1990
- J. Seifert, My Cobwebbed Appletree, 1990
- (with T. O'Grady) J. Seifert, Dressed in Light, 1990
- J. Seifert, Song about Viktorka, 1991
- J. Seifert, Three Poems (bilingual edition), 1991
- J. Seifert, A Short Love Song about Ctirad and Sárka, 1991
- J. Seifert, To Be a Poet, 1991
- J. Seifert, Maminka, 1991
- J. Seifert, The Nightingale Sings Out of Tune, 1991
- J. Seifert, Bozena Nemcová's Fan, 1992
- J. Seifert, Honeymoon Ride, 1992
- J. Seifert, Starving Artist So Sees the World, 1992
- J. Seifert, Over the Waves of TSF, 1992
- J. Seifert, Only Love, 1994
- E. Loest, Nikolaikirche, 2000
- Contributor to books and periodicals
