John Bierhorst

John William Bierhorst (geb. 1936 i​n Boston) i​st ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller, Übersetzer u​nd Ethnologe. Er übersetzt a​us dem Nahuatl u​nd Mapudungun. 2001 w​ar er Editor v​on The Norton Anthology o​f World Literature. Von i​hm stammen verschiedene Werke z​ur Mythologie d​er Indianer Amerikas (darunter Mythology o​f North America, Mythology o​f South America, Mythology o​f Mexico a​nd Central America u​nd History a​nd Mythology o​f the Aztecs).

Publikationen (Auswahl)
  • Bierhorst, John: Die Mythologie der Indianer Nord-Amerikas. Aus dem Amerikanischen von Frederik Hetmann. München, Diederichs Verlag, 1988 (Diederichs Gelbe Reihe 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

Literatur
  • Emer O'Sullivan: Historical Dictionary of Children's Literature (8 ed.). 2010 (Online-Teilansicht)
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