Bien, Peter A.

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BIEN, Peter A.

BIEN, Peter A. American, b. 1930. Genres: Language/Linguistics, Literary criticism and history, Translations. Career: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, professor of English, 1961-97, professor emeritus, 1997-. Publications: L.P. Hartley, 1963; Constantine Cavafy, 1964; Kazantzakis and the Linguistic Revolution in Greek Literature, 1972; (ed. with E. Keeley) Modern Greek Writers, 1972; (with J. Rassias and C. Bien) Demotic Greek, 1972; Nikos Kazantzakis, 1972; (with N. Stangos) Yannis Ritsos: Selected Poems, 1974; (trans.) Life in the Tomb, by Stratis Myrivilis, 1977; Antithesi kai synthesi sti poiisi tou Yanni Ritsou, 1980; (with J. Rassias, C. Bien and C. Alexiou) Demotic Greek II: O Iptamenos Thalamos, 1982; Three Generations of Greek Writers: Introductions to Cavafy, Kazantzakis, Ritsos, 1983; Tempted by Happiness: Kazantzakis' Post-Christian Christ, 1984; Kazantzakis: Politics of the Spirit, 1989; Nikos Kazantzakis, Novelist, 1989; Words, Wordlessness, and the Word, 1992; (with D.J.N. Middleton) God's Struggler: Religion in the Writings of Nikos Kazantzakis, 1996; (with C. Fager) In Stillness There Is Fullness: A Peacemaker's Harvest, 2000. TRANSLATOR (all by N. Kazantzakis): The Last Temptation of Christ, 1960; Saint Francis, 1962; Report to Greco, 1965. Address: 80 Lyme Rd #171, Hanover, NH 03755, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]