Boria Sax (born 1949) is an American author and lecturer and a teacher at
Mercy College.
Boria Sax is probably best known for his writing on
human-animal relations
Anthrozoology, also known as human–nonhuman-animal studies (HAS), is the subset of ethnobiology that deals with biological interaction, interactions between humans and other animals. It is an interdisciplinary field that overlaps with other ...
, where he has developed a style that combines scholarship with narrative and lyricism. He views the representation of
animals in human culture as a means to explore human identity, as well as an enduring source of myths and legends. The publications of Boria Sax include books of scholarship, poetry, reference, translation, memoirs, and other genres.
Two of the scholarly books have been named to list of “outstanding academic titles of the year” compiled by the journal ''Choice'': ''Animals in the Third Reich: Pets, Scapegoats, and the Holocaust'' (
Continuum, 2000) and ''The Mythical Zoo: An Encyclopedia of Animals in Myth, Legend, and Literature'' (
ABC-CLIO, 2002). His books have been translated into French, Japanese, Korean, Turkish and Czech.
Biography
Boria Sax was born in 1949 to
Saville Sax
Saville Sax (July 26, 1924 – September 25, 1980) was the Harvard College roommate of Theodore Hall who recruited Hall for the Soviets and acted as a courier to move the atomic secrets from Los Alamos to the Soviets.
Biography
Saville Sax was ...
. He received his doctorate in Intellectual History and German from
State University of New York, Buffalo. He has worked as a consultant on human rights for
Amnesty International,
Helsinki Watch
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, and
Human Rights Internet
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It was co-founded by the political scientist Laurie S. Wiseber ...
. He is also the founder of the non-profit organization “Nature in Legend and Story,” dedicated to “promote understanding of traditional bonds between human beings and the natural world.”
Publications
Scholarship and translations
''City of Ravens: The True History of the Legendary Birds in the Tower of London'' London:
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, forthcoming May 2011.
*Contacts/Kontakte: ''Poems and Writings of
Lutz Rathenow
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...
'' (edited anthology of translations). Providence: The Poet's Press, 1985.
*''The Romantic Heritage of Marxism: A Study of East German Love Poetry''. Bern:
Peter Lang, 1987.
*''The Frog King: On Fairy Tales, Fables and Anecdotes of Animals''. New York:
Pace University Press, 1990.
*''The Parliament of Animals: Legends and Anecdotes from Books of Natural History, 1775 1900'' New York: Pace University Press, 1992.
*''The Serpent and the Swan: Animal Brides in Literature and Folklore''. Knoxville:
U. of Tennessee Press, 1998 (formerly published by McDonald & Woodward Publishing Co.).
*''The Fantastic, Ordinary World of Lutz Rathenow'' (edited anthology of translations). Sacramento:
Xenos Books, 2001.
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[Published in Turkish translation by Kitapyayinevi in Istanbul, in French by Delachaux et Niestlé art of La Martiniere Groupin Paris and in Korean by Karam Publishing Co in Seoul.]
''City of Ravens: The Extraordinary History of London, its Tower, and its Famous Ravens'' Duckworth-
Overlook
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: New York, 2011-2012.
''Imaginary Animals: The Monstrous, the Wondrous, and the Human'' London: Reaktion, 2013.
''The Mythical Zoo: Animals in Myth, Legend, and Literature'' New York: Overlook, 2013.
''Dinomania: Why We Love, Fear and Are Utterly Enchanted by Dinosaurs'' London: Reaktion, 2019.
Memoir
*''Stealing Fire: A Childhood in the Shadow of Atomic Espionage''. Decalogue Books: Yonkers, 2014.
Study guides
*''Thomas Mann's Death in Venice'' (study guide). Piscataway, NJ: Research and Education Association, 1996.
*''The Romance of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'' (study guide). Parsippany, NJ: Research and Education Association, 1996.
*''William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury''. (study guide). Parsippany, NJ: Research and Education Association, 1996.
Chapbooks and poetry
''The Raven and the Sun: Poems and Stories'' Providence: The Poet's Press, 2010.
*''When the Glaciers Melted''. New Paltz: Cloud Mountain Press, 1973.
*''Rheinland Market''. Buffalo: Textile Bridge Press, 1983.
*''I am that Snowflake''. Providence: The Poet's Press, 1987.
Articles
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References
External links
Boria Sax websiteNILAS website
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Living people
University at Buffalo alumni
Mercy College (New York) faculty
American animal welfare scholars
Place of birth missing (living people)
University of Illinois at Springfield faculty
American male writers
American people of Russian-Jewish descent
1949 births