open
Upgrade to a better browser, please.

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Authors

Joseph Campbell

Added By: Engelbrecht
Last Updated: Engelbrecht


Joseph Campbell

Search for this author through IndieBound.org Search for this author on Amazon.com Search for this author on Amazon.co.uk
Full Name: Joseph John Campbell
Born: March 26, 1904
White Plains, New York, USA
Died: October 30, 1987
White Plains, New York, USA
Occupation: mythologist, writer and lecturer
Nationality: American
Links:



Biography

Perhaps most responsible for bringing mythology to a mass audience, Joseph Campbell's works rank among the classics in mythology and literature: The Hero with a Thousand Faces, the four-volume The Masks of God, The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers, and many others. Among his many awards, Campbell received the National Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Contribution to Creative Literature and the 1985 Medal of Honor for Literature from the National Arts Club. A past president of the American Society for the Study of Religion, Campbell was professor emeritus at Sarah Lawrence College in New York until his retirement in 1972 at which time he devoted himself to his writing. He died after a short struggle with cancer in 1987.


Works in the WWEnd Database

 Non Series Works

 (1949)