American professor of German, comparative literature, and cultural studies
Jack Zipes
Born
(1937-06-07) June 7, 1937 (age 86)
Occupation(s)
Literary scholar and author
Academic background
Education
BA., Political Science MA., English and Comparative Literature PhD., English and Comparative Literature
Alma mater
Dartmouth College Columbia University
Academic work
Institutions
University of Minnesota
Jack David Zipes (born June 7, 1937) is a literary scholar and author. He is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of German, Nordic, Slavic and Dutch at the University of Minnesota.[1]
Zipes is known for his work on fairy tales, folklore, critical theory, 20th century literature, German literature, German Jewish culture and the political and cultural significance of the Brothers Grimm tales. He has authored, co-authored and edited 69 books including The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm, Buried Treasures: The Power of Political Fairy Tales and Don't Bet on the Prince. Among his honors are the Guggenheim Fellowship (1988),[2] the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts Distinguished Scholar Award (1992),[3] the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (1998),[4] the International Brothers Grimm Award from the International Institute for Children's Literature in Osaka, Japan (1999),[5] the Folklore Society Katharine Briggs Award (2007),[6] the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award (2012),[7] the Chicago Folklore Prize (2015),[8] and the World Fantasy Convention Award for Lifetime Achievement (2019).[9]
Zipes is a Fellow of the American Folklore Society[10] and the International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL).[11] He was a Founding Editor of the New German Critique,[12] and holds positions on the advisory boards for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature,[13]Fairy Tale Review[14] and Storytelling, Self, Society.[15]
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^"The National Endowment for the Humanities". The National Endowment For The Humanities.
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^"The Katharine Briggs Award". The Folklore Society.
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^"Chicago Folklore Prize". The American Folklore Society.
^"World Fantasy Awards℠ 2019 | World Fantasy Convention".
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^"International Research Society for Children's Literature Awards". www.irscl.com.
^"New German Critique–Editorial Board".
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^"About Us | Fairy Tale Review". www.fairytalereview.com. February 26, 2020.
^"Editorial Board | Storytelling, Self, Society | WSU Press | Wayne State University". digitalcommons.wayne.edu.
Jack David Zipes (born June 7, 1937) is a literary scholar and author. He is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of German, Nordic, Slavic and Dutch...
Charles Perrault's Contes de ma Mère L'oie on German Folklore. In Zipes 2001. Zipes, Jack, ed. (2001). The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and...
Zipes 2013, p. 121 Goldberg 2008, p. 439. Goldberg 2008, p. 438. Zipes (2014) tr. "Hansel and Gretel (The Complete First Edition)", pp. 43–48; Zipes (2013)...
clothed wolf on a bended knee holding Little Red Riding Hood's hand. JackZipes anthologized several 19th century variants. Northcote Whitridge Thomas...
Berlin 1985, pp. 14–16 Zipes 1988, p. 31 qtd. in Zipes 1988, p. 35 Zipes 2002, pp. 7–8 qtd. in Zipes 2002, p. 7 Zipes 2014, p. xxiv Zipes 2000, pp. 218–219...
by Hermann Hesse between the years of 1904 and 1918 and translated by JackZipes. A list of the individual fairy tales and the year in which they were...
melody, or song, or as suggested by JackZipes in The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales, the Irish word laid (song). Zipes writes that Arthurian legends may...
pea being placed in a museum, where it might still remain. Researcher JackZipes said that Andersen, during his lifetime, "was obliged to act as a dominated...
a book. W. G. Waters, The Mysterious Giovan Francesco Straparola, in JackZipes, a c. di, The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to...
Folktale. University of California Press. p. 97. ISBN 0-520-03537-2. JackZipes, The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers...
analysing 22 Greek variants, 2 Serbo-Croatian and 1 from Corsica. Scholar JackZipes stated that the tale type is "extremely popular throughout Europe". However...
University of Pittsburgh. JackZipes, The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World, p 72, ISBN 0-312-29380-1 JackZipes, The Brothers Grimm:...
Accessed 3 September 2023. Zipes, Jack (2013-08-21). Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales, Children, and the Culture Industry - JackZipes. Routledge. ISBN 9781135252960...
Contributors of articles have included Julian Barnes, Frank Delaney JackZipes, Richard Hamblyn, Philipp Blom, and Arika Okrent. In addition to the thematic...
the Fantastic in the Arts and the subject of a master thesis. Professor JackZipes at the University of Minnesota, who has published and lectured on the...
folktales in oral tradition, originated with the upper classes. Scholar JackZipes suggests that, due to the high number of similarities of Madame d'Aulnoy's...
ISBN 0-226-32239-4 Andrew Lang, The Violet Fairy Book, "Schippeitaro" JackZipes, The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World, p 65-67...
has received heavy praise and attention from numerous critics such as JackZipes (who called it a "remarkable collection") and Marina Warner (who, on its...
the hand of the princess. This typing was corroborated by professors JackZipes and Stith Thompson, who also classified the tale as AaTh 854, "The Golden...
Fantastic Accomplishment of Giambattista Basile and His Tale of Tales". In Zipes, Jack (ed.). The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to...
was included in the Grimms' handwritten Ölenberg Manuscript from 1810. JackZipes noted in 2016 that the Grimms greatly treasured this tale, considering...
(1926-1959). New York: B. Franklin, 1924. pp. 52-55. Zipes, Jack. "Irons Hans". In: JackZipes (ed.). The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. Oxford University...
fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 125. According to JackZipes, the source of the story was Dorothea Viehmann, the wife of a tailor from...
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