Stephen Mitchell

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born

January 01, 1943 in Brooklyn, NY, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.stephenmitchellbooks.com/

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Poetry, Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction

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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, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, and Danish. Languages that he has not translated from, but rather put together interpretive versions from existing translations into Western languages include Chinese (Tao Te Ching), (The Second Book of the Tao), Sanskrit (Bhagavad Gita), Akkadian or ancient Babylonian (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 J...more

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Books by Stephen Mitchell

Average rating: 4.24 · 13,563 ratings · 1,289 reviews · 92 distinct works

	Gilgamesh: A New English Version 3.88 avg rating — 409 ratings	My rating:
	Tao Te Ching: Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, Stephen Mitchell 4.29 avg rating — 23,085 ratings — published -600 — 111 editions	My rating:
	The BOOK OF JOB 3.92 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 1987 — 9 editions	My rating:
	ENLIGHTENED HEART, T 4.31 avg rating — 213 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Gospel According to Jesus 4.17 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 1991 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Enlightened Mind 4.31 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Frog Prince: A Fairy Tale for Consenting Adults 3.71 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Second Book of the Tao 4.02 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Bhagavad Gita 4.19 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Gilgamesh by Anonymous, George Guidall (Narrator), Stephen Mitchell (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 16,809 ratings — published -1300 — 85 editions	My rating:

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“There are two kinds of women: those who marry princes and those who marry frogs. The frogs never become princes, but it is an acknowledged fact that a prince may very well, in the course of an ordinary marrige, gradually, at first almost imperceptibly, turn into a frog. Happy the woman who after twenty-five years still wakes up beside the prince she fell in love with.”
― Stephen Mitchell, The Frog Prince: A Fairy Tale for Consenting Adults

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“What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.”
― Stephen Mitchell, The Frog Prince: A Fairy Tale for Consenting Adults

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“If good happens, good; if bad happens, good. ”
― Stephen Mitchell, Tao Te Ching: A New English Version

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