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Stephen Mitchell

Bio

Stephen Mitchell was born in Brooklyn, educated at Amherst, the Sorbonne, and Yale, and de-educated through intensive Zen training. His many books include the bestselling Tao Te Ching, Gilgamesh, The Gospel According to Jesus, The Book of Job, The Second Book of the Tao, The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, Bhagavad Gita, The Iliad, The Odyssey, Beowulf, and The Way of Forgiveness. He is also the co-author of three of his wife Byron Katie’s bestselling books.

Stephen Mitchell Books

Loving What Is, Revised Edition book cover

Loving What Is, Revised Edition

Byron Katie
The First Christmas book cover

The First Christmas

Stephen Mitchell
Letters To a Young Poet book cover

Letters To a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke
The Way of Forgiveness book cover

The Way of Forgiveness

Stephen Mitchell
Past Perfect book cover

Past Perfect

Stephen Mitchell
A Mind at Home with Itself book cover

A Mind at Home with Itself

Byron Katie
Lacy’S Loves book cover

Lacy’S Loves

Stephen Mitchell
Ahead of All Parting book cover

Ahead of All Parting

Rainer Maria Rilke
The Duino Elegies & The Sonnets to Orpheus book cover

The Duino Elegies & The Sonnets to Orpheus

Rainer Maria Rilke
Permanent Moments book cover

Permanent Moments

Stephen Mitchell
The Odyssey book cover

The Odyssey

Stephen Mitchell
The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke book cover

The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke
The Iliad book cover

The Iliad

Homer
Whole World is a Single Flower book cover

Whole World is a Single Flower

Seung Sahn
Letters to a Young Poet book cover

Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke
The Enlightened Heart book cover

The Enlightened Heart

Stephen Mitchell
Man with a Pram book cover

Man with a Pram

Jon Farry
Genesis book cover

Genesis

Stephen Mitchell
That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist book cover

That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist

Sylvia Boorstein
Gilgamesh book cover

Gilgamesh

Stephen Mitchell
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