Background
Mitchell, Bert Breon was born on August 9, 1942 in Salina, Kansas, United States. Son of John Charles and Bernita Maxine (Breon) Mitchell.
(A collection of ten previously unpublished stories writte...)
A collection of ten previously unpublished stories written between 1938 and 1945 by the Nobel Prize winner examines the sad effects of war on ordinary people's lives. 15,000 first printing."
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Mitchell, Bert Breon was born on August 9, 1942 in Salina, Kansas, United States. Son of John Charles and Bernita Maxine (Breon) Mitchell.
Bachelor, University Kansas, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford University, 1968.
Assistant professor German and comparative literature Indiana University, Bloomington, 1968-1971, associate professor, 1971-1978, professor, since 1978, associate dean College Arts and Sciences, 1975-1977, chairman comparative literature, 1977-1985, director Wells Scholars program, 1988-1998. Director The Lilly Library., since 2001. Chair advisory council Banff International Literature Translation Centre, since 2002.
(A collection of ten previously unpublished stories writte...)
Member Modern Language Association (chair William Riley Parker prize selection committee 1994), P.E.N., American Comparative Literature Association, American Literature Translators Association (president 1985-1987, Alta prize for distinguished translation 1992), American Translators Association (committee literature translation 1983-1984, German Literature prize for distinguished translation 1987, chairman honors and awards committee 1995. honorary citation for distinguished translation 1999), National Council Teachers of English (chair committee on comparative and world literature 1995-1998), James Joyce Foundation, Franz Kafka Society, Samuel Beckett Society, Southern Comparative Literature Association, British Comparative Literature Association, International Comparative Literature Association, American Antiquarian Society, The Grolier Club.
Married Lynda Diane Fink, July 21, 1965. Children: Kieron Breon, Kerry Archer.