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Stephen Mitchell (born 1943 in Brooklyn, New York)[1] is a poet, translator, scholar, and anthologist. He is married to Byron Katie,[2] founder of The Work.

Education

Stephen Mitchell was educated at Amherst College,[3] the University of Paris,[3] and Yale University.[3]

Career

Mitchell’s many translations include the bestselling Tao Te Ching,[4] Gilgamesh,[5] The Iliad,[6][7][8][9] The Odyssey,[10] The Gospel According to Jesus, Bhagavad Gita,[11] The Book of Job,[12] The Second Book of the Tao, and The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke. He was introduced to his wife in 2000,[13] and is coauthor of two of her bestselling books: Loving What Is and A Thousand Names for Joy.

Books

Poetry

  • Parables and Portraits, HarperCollins, 1990, ISBN 0-06-092532-9

Fiction

  • The Frog Prince: A Fairy Tale for Consenting Adults, Harmony Books, 1999, ISBN 0-609-60545-3
  • Meetings with the Archangel: A Comedy of the Spirit, HarperCollins, 1998, ISBN 0-06-018245-8

Nonfiction

  • A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are (with Byron Katie), Harmony Books, 2007, ISBN 0-307-33923-8
  • Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life (with Byron Katie), Harmony Books, 2002, ISBN 1-4000-4537-1
  • The Gospel According to Jesus, Harper Perennial 1993, ISBN 0-06-092321-0

Translations and adaptations

  • The Odyssey, Atria Books (Simon & Schuster), 2013, ISBN 978-1-4516-7417-0
  • The Iliad, Free Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4391-6337-5
  • The Second Book of the Tao, Penguin Press, 2009, ISBN 1-59420-203-6
  • Gilgamesh: A New English Version, Free Press, 2004, ISBN 0-7432-6169-0
  • Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation, Harmony Books, 2002, ISBN 0-609-81034-0
  • Real Power: Business Lessons from the Tao Te Ching (with James A. Autry), Riverhead Books, 1998, ISBN 1-57322-089-2
  • Full Woman, Fleshly Apple, Hot Moon: Selected Poems of Pablo Neruda, HarperCollins, 1997, ISBN 0-06-018285-7
  • Genesis: A New Translation of the Classic Biblical Stories, Harper Collins, 1996, ISBN 0-06-092856-5
  • Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry and Prose of Rainer Maria Rilke, Modern Library, 1995, 0-67-960161-9
  • A Book of Psalms: Selected and Adapted from the Hebrew, Harper Perennial, 1994, ISBN 0-06-092470-5
  • The Selected Poetry of Dan Pagis, University of California Press, 1996, ISBN 0-520-20539-1
  • Tao Te Ching, HarperCollins, 1988, hardcover ISBN 0-06-016001-2, paperback ISBN 0-06-016001-2, ISBN paperback P.S. edition 0-06-114266-2, pocket edition ISBN 0-06-081245-1, illustrated edition ISBN 0-7112-1278-3
  • The Book of Job, Harper Perennial, 1992, ISBN 0-06-096959-8
  • The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai (with Chana Bloch), University of California Press, 1996, ISBN 0-520-20538-3
  • The Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke, Simon & Schuster, 1985, ISBN 0-671-55708-4
  • The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke, Graywolf Press, 1985, ISBN 0-910457-02-6
  • Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, Random House, 1984, ISBN 0-394-74104-8
  • The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke, Random House, 1983, ISBN 0-679-73245-4
  • The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, Random House 1982, ISBN 0-394-52434-9, Vintage, 1989, ISBN 0-679-72201-7
  • "Tao Te King", Lao Tseu, Synchronique Editions, 2008
  • "Tao Te King, Un Voyage Illustré", Lao Tseu, Synchronique Editions, 2008
  • "Tao Te King", édition Poche, Lao Tseu, Synchronique Editions, 2012
  • "Gilgamesh, la quête de l'immortalité", traducteur français Aurélien Clause, Synchronique Editions, 2013

As editor

  • Question Your Thinking, Change the World: Quotations from Byron Katie, Hay House, 2007, ISBN 1-4019-1730-5
  • The Essence of Wisdom: Words from the Masters to Illuminate the Spiritual Path, Broadway Books, 1998, ISBN 0-7679-0305-6
  • Bestiary: An Anthology of Poems about Animals, Frog, Ltd., 1996, ISBN 1-883319-48-X
  • Into the Garden: A Wedding Anthology (with Robert Hass), HarperCollins, 1993, ISBN 0-06-016919-2
  • The Enlightened Mind: An Anthology of Sacred Prose, 1991, ISBN 0-06-092320-2
  • The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, HarperCollins, 1989, ISBN 0-06-092053-X
  • Dropping Ashes on the Buddha: The Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn, Grove Press, 1976, ISBN 0-8021-3052-6

Children's books

  • The Ugly Duckling, by Hans Christian Andersen (illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher), Candlewick Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7636-2159-9
  • Iron Hans: A Grimms’ Fairy Tale (illustrated by Matt Tavares), Candlewick Press, 2007, ISBN 0-7636-2160-9
  • Genies, Meanies, and Magic Rings: Three Tales from the Arabian Nights (illustrated by Tom Pohrt), Walker & Co., 2007, ISBN 0-8027-9639-7
  • The Tinderbox, by Hans Christian Andersen (illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline), Candlewick Press, 2007, ISBN 0-7636-2078-5
  • The Wishing Bone and Other Poems (illustrated by Tom Pohrt), Candlewick Press, 2003, ISBN 0-7636-1118-2
  • The Nightingale, by Hans Christian Andersen (illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline), Candlewick Press, 2002, ISBN 0-7636-1521-8
  • Jesus: What He Really Said and Did, Harpertempest 2002, ISBN 0-06-449009-2
  • The Creation (illustrated by Ori Sherman), Dial Books, 1990, ISBN 0-8037-0618-9

References

  1. ^ ""It's Not All Greek to Him" ''The Wall Street Journal''". online.wsj.com. September 20, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  2. ^ "Byron Katie". Oprah.com. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  3. ^ a b c ""About the Author" ''HarperCollins Publisher''". http://www.harpercollins.com. Retrieved October 22, 2013. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Mitchell, Stephen (1988). Tao Te Ching. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 9780061142666.
  5. ^ "'Gilgamesh': The Iraq War, 2500 B.C." The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  6. ^ "It's Not All Greek to Him". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  7. ^ "Conversation: Stephen Mitchell, Author of the New Translation of Homer's 'The Iliad'". NPR: National Public Radio. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  8. ^ "What Do You Look for in Modern Translation?". The New York Times.
  9. ^ "Back story: 'Iliad' translator Stephen Mitchell". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  10. ^ "The Death of Argos". The New Yorker Magazine.
  11. ^ "Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation". Publishers Weekly.
  12. ^ "BOOKS OF THE TIMES: THE BOOK OF JOB". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  13. ^ Reynolds, Susan Salter (2009-04-12). "The stillness within Stephen Mitchell". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
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