Bierhorst, John

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John Bierhorst was born in 1936 in Boston, Massachusetts. He earned his B.A. from Cornell University (1958). He was a concert pianist, but later became an author and translator of stories focusing on the customs, traditions and tales of Native Americans.

Biographical Source: Something About the Author, v. 91, pp. 20-23.

From the guide to the John Bierhorst papers, undated, 1969-1974, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])

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referencedIn Grammatik und Vokabular der Nahua-Sprache von San Pedro Jícora in Durango, 1984-1986 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn William N. Fenton papers, 1933-2001 American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Stanford University Press archival book copies, 1900-2012 Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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associatedWith Ziehm, Elsa, 1911-1993 person
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