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'''Stephen Mitchell''' (b. 1943 in [[Brooklyn, New York]]) is a poet, translator, scholar, and anthologist. He is married to author [[Byron Katie]].
==Biography==
Mitchell was educated at [[Amherst College]], the [[University of Paris]], and [[Yale University]]. He is widely known for his translations of ancient classics, which use a poetic rather than literal approach. Languages that Stephen Mitchell has translated from include [[German language|German]], [[Hebrew]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Latin]], [[French language|French]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Italian language|Italian]], and [[Danish language|Danish]]. Languages that he has not translated from, but rather put together interpretive versions from existing translations into Western languages include [[Chinese language|Chinese]] (''[[Tao Te Ching]]''), [[Sanskrit]] (''[[Bhagavad Gita]]''), [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] or ancient [[Babylonian]] (''[[Epic of Gilgamesh]]''). He has also written the nonfiction book ''The Gospel According to Jesus'', and co-wrote two of Byron Katie's 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 0-60-960545-3
*''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 1-400-04537-1
*''The Gospel According to [[Jesus]]'', Harper Perennial 1993, ISBN 0-060-92321-0
===Translations and adaptations===
*''[[Gilgamesh]]: A New English Version'', Free Press, 2004, ISBN 0-74-326169-0
*''[[Bhagavad Gita]]: A New Translation'', Harmony Books, 2002, ISBN 0-60-981034-0
*''Real Power: Business Lessons from the Tao Te Ching'' (with James A. Autry), Riverhead Books, 1998, ISBN 1-57-322089-2
*''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 0-52-020539-1
*''[[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 0-71-121278-3
*''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 0-52-020538-3
*''The Sonnets to Orpheus'' by [[Rainer Maria Rilke]], Simon & Schuster, 1985, ISBN 0-67-155708-4
*''The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke'' by [[Rainer Maria Rilke]], Graywolf Press, 1985, ISBN 0-91-045702-6
*''Letters to a Young Poet'' by [[Rainer Maria Rilke]], Random House, 1984, ISBN 0-39-474104-8
*''The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge'' by [[Rainer Maria Rilke]], Random House, 1983, ISBN 0-67-973245-4
*''The Selected Poetry of [[Rainer Maria Rilke]]'', Random House 1982, ISBN 0-39-452434-9, Vintage, 1989, ISBN 0-67-972201-7
===Edited by Stephen Mitchell===
*''The Essence of Wisdom: Words from the Masters to Illuminate the Spiritual Path'', Broadway Books, 1998, ISBN 0-76-790305-6
*''Bestiary: An Anthology of Poems about Animals'', Frog, Ltd., 1996, ISBN 1-88-331948-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 0-80-213052-6
===Children's Books===
*''The Ugly Duckling'', by [[Hans Christian Andersen]] (illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher), Candlewick Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0763621599
*''Iron Hans: A Grimms’ Fairy Tale'' (illustrated by Matt Tavares), Candlewick Press, 2007, ISBN 0-76-362160-9
*''Genies, Meanies, and Magic Rings: Three Tales from the Arabian Nights'' (illustrated by Tom Pohrt), Walker & Co., 2007, ISBN 0-80-279639-7
*''The Tinderbox'', by [[Hans Christian Andersen]] (illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline), Candlewick Press, 2007, ISBN 0-76-362078-5
*''The Wishing Bone and Other Poems'' (illustrated by Tom Pohrt), Candlewick Press, 2003, ISBN 0-76-361118-2
*''The Nightingale'', by [[Hans Christian Andersen]] (illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline), Candlewick Press, 2002, ISBN 0-76-361521-8
*''[[Jesus]]: What He Really Said and Did'', Harpertempest 2002, ISBN 0-06-449009-2
*''The Creation'' (illustrated by Ori Sherman), Dial Books, 1990, ISBN 0-80-370618-9
==External links==
* [http://www.stephenmitchellbooks.com/index.html Stephen Mitchell website]
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1175/is_n6_v29/ai_18836764 Interview of Mitchell] from November-December 1996 ''[[Psychology Today]]'' about his translation of Genesis (ads present)
* [http://www.spiritsite.com/writing/stemit/ Author profile]
* [http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/archives/interviews/Mitchell.htm PBS interview]
* [http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/approachingprayer/transcript.shtml Speaking of Faith, interview with Krista Tippett]
* [http://publishersweekly.com/article/CA168806.html?text=%22stephen+mitchell%22 PW interview]
* [http://www.stephenmitchellbooks.com/juke.swf Interview with Pico Iyer]
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