Stephen Mitchell (translator)

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. ""About the Author" ''HarperCollins Publisher''". http://www.harpercollins.com. Retrieved October 22, 2013. 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.

External links

• Stephen Mitchell website
• In the Beginning Was the Word from November–December 1996 Psychology Today about his translation of Genesis
• PBS interview
• Approaching Prayer Speaking of Faith, interview with Krista Tippett
• Man of Letters Beyond Words PW interview
• PW Talks with Stephen Mitchell 2002 PW interview
• Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation 2000 PW book review
• Interview with Pico Iyer audio