John Bierhorst

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John William Bierhorst (born 1936 in Boston ) is an American writer, translator, and ethnologist. He translates from the Nahuatl and Mapudungun . In 2001 he was editor of The Norton Anthology of World Literature . He wrote various works on the mythology of the American Indians (including Mythology of North America, Mythology of South America, Mythology of Mexico and Central America and History and Mythology of the Aztecs ).

Publications (selection)

  • Bierhorst, John: The mythology of the Indians of North America. From the American by Frederik Hetmann. Munich, Diederichs Verlag, 1988 ( Diederichs Yellow Series 139)
  • John Bierhorst; Wendy Watson: Doctor Coyote: a Native American Aesop's fables Washington, DC: Library of Congress, NLS / BPH, 1989, ISBN 0027097803
  • The Mythology of Mexico and Central America. OUP USA, 2002, ISBN 9780195146219
  • Bierhorst, John: A Cry from the Earth. Music of North American Indians: Music of the North American Indians. Ancient City Press, Santa Fe, 1979
  • Bierhorst, John (ed.): The Red Swan: Myths and Tales of the American Indians. University of New Mexico, 1993 ISBN 0826313558 / 0-8263-1355-8
  • Bierhorst, John. (Ed.): Four Masterworks of American Indian Literature. Quetzalcoatl. The Ritual of Condolence. Cubeb. The Night Chant. New York. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974
  • Bierhorst, John (Ed.): In the trail of the wind - American Indian Poems and Ritual Orations. Anchor Books, Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York, Toronto, 1972, ISBN 0374509018
  • Curtis, Edward S & John Bierhorst: Girl Who Married a Ghost, and Other Tales from the North American Indian. Four Winds, 1979, ISBN 9780590075053
  • Bierhorst, John (translated from the Aztec version of birth of Jesus told in 1583): Spirit Child: a story of the nativity. NY Mulberry Books (1984)
  • The Naked Bear: Folktales of Iroquois. 1987
  • The Dancing Fox: Arctic Folktales. 1997
  • Latin American Folktales: Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions
  • Mythology of the Lenape: Guide and Texts. 1995

literature

  • Emer O'Sullivan: Historical Dictionary of Children's Literature (8 ed.). 2010 ( partial online view )

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personal data
SURNAME Bierhorst, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bierhorst, John William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer, translator, and ethnologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston