James Joyce, and the German Novel, 1922–1933
Best starting point for Mitchell's literary-critical scholarship and his sustained engagement with modernism.
Author guide
Breon Mitchell Books in Order
Breon Mitchell is an American scholar, literary translator, bibliographer, and professor emeritus of comparative literature at Indiana University, where he also served as director of the Lilly Library. His scholarship focuses on German literature, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett, literary translation, and the relationship between literature and visual art.
comparative literatureliterary criticismbibliographyliterary translationvisual arts
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A Beckett Bibliography: New Works 1976–1982
A concise entry point to his bibliographic work on Samuel Beckett.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (2)
- James Joyce, and the German Novel, 1922–1933
nonfiction · 1976
Nonfiction (1)
- The Trial Teacher's Guide
teaching-guide
Other (2)
- Beyond Illustration: The Livre d'Artiste in the Twentieth Century: An Exhibition
exhibition-catalog · 1976
- A Beckett Bibliography: New Works 1976–1982
bibliography · 1983
Frequently asked questions about Breon Mitchell
Who is Breon Mitchell?
Breon Mitchell is an American scholar, literary translator, bibliographer, and professor emeritus of comparative literature. He is also director emeritus of Indiana University’s Lilly Library.
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Where did Breon Mitchell study?
He earned a B.A. from the University of Kansas in 1964 and a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Oxford University in 1968.
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What is Breon Mitchell best known for?
Mitchell is best known for translating German literature into English, including Franz Kafka’s The Trial and Günter Grass’s The Tin Drum. His scholarly interests also include James Joyce, Kafka, Samuel Beckett, and literary translation.
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What awards has Breon Mitchell won?
He received the 2004 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize for his translation of Uwe Timm’s Morenga and the 2010 MLA Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for his translation of The Tin Drum.
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What is Breon Mitchell’s legacy in literary translation?
As Lilly Library director, Mitchell helped build its translation archive and secured the papers of more than fifty translators, along with records from important translation organizations. The archive has helped make translators’ often-overlooked work more visible to researchers.