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Boria Sax holds a doctorate in German and Intellectual History from SUNY Buffalo. His publications 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 and 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, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, and Czech. He has been an invited speaker at many institutions including Yale University, Duke University, the Smithsonian Institution, the Whitechapel Gallery, and many others. He is also an expert on online learning, and won the 2002 Sloan-C award for “online learning effectiveness,” as well as the 2007 Humane Society award for the “distinguished new course.” In addition, he is founder and first President of the nonprofit organization Nature in Legend and Story (NILAS, Inc.), which is dedicated “to promote understanding of traditional bonds between human beings and the natural world.” He lives with his wife in White Plains, New York.

Full Name

Mr Boria Sax

Locations

Westchester

Author's Timeline


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Ad Infinitum Book


A memoir of growing up as the child of a spy.

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Boria Sax holds a doctorate in German and Intellectual History from SUNY Buffalo.

1983

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Rheinland Market
Buffalo: Textile Bridge Press.
98838024
Poems.

2000

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Animals in the Third Reich: Pets, Scapegoats and the Holocaust
Continuum International Publishing Company; republished in 2009 by Ad Infinitum Books.
9-780826-412898
Nonfiction.

2001

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The Fantastic, Ordinary World Of Lutz Rathenow
Xenos Books
1879378310
Editor and translator. An edited collection of work by the poet Lutz Rathenow.

2001

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The Mythical Zoo: An Encyclopedia Of Animals In World Myth, Legend, And Literature
ABC-CLIO.
157076121

2003

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Crow
Reaktion Books
1861891946
The crow in myth, legend, religion, science, and daily life (also published in Arabic, Turkish, Chinese, French, Korean, and Russian translation).

2010

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Stealing Fire: A Childhood In The Shadow Of Atomic Espionage
Expected September 2010; Ad Infinitum Books.

A memoir of growing up as the child of a spy.

2010

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The Raven And The Sun: Poems And Stories
The Poet's Press.
922558426
Short, lyrical verse and prose.

2010

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Boria Sax lives in White Plains, New York.

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