SAX, Boria 1946-

PERSONAL: Born March 31, 1946, in New York, NY; son of Saville (a teacher) and Susan H. (a librarian) Sax; married April 16, 1977; wife's name Linda (an historical interpreter). Education: University of Chicago, B.A. (philosophy), 1972; State University of New York—Buffalo, M.A. (German), 1978, Ph.D. (intellectual history and German), 1981. Politics: "Independent." Hobbies and other interests: Miniature sculpture, jewelry making, walking.

ADDRESSES: Home—25 Franklin Avenue, Apt. 2F, White Plains, NY 10601-3819. Office—Mercy College, 555 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522. Agent—Dianne Littwin, Lit Enterprises, 115 East 92nd Street, New York, NY 10128. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Pace University, White Plains, NY, adjunct professor of German, 1982-91; Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY, adjunct professor of English, 1986—, online community coordinator, 2000—. Amnesty International, New York, NY, Eastern Europe coordinator, 1982-90, campaign consultant, 1988-99; New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, instructor, 1998—; Society and Animals, member of editorial board 1998—; Nature in Legend and Story, president, 1995—.

MEMBER: Amnesty International, ISAZ, NILAS.

AWARDS, HONORS: Modern German Studies scholarship, 1979, for "The Romantic Heritage of Marxism"; research award, Pace University, 1985, for The Frog King; mini-grants, NYCH, 1993, 1996.

WRITINGS:

The Romantic Heritage of Marxism: A Study of East German Love Poetry, P. Lang (New York, NY), 1987.

The Frog King: On Legends, Fables, Fairy Tales, and Anecdotes of Animals, Pace University Press (Lanham, MD), 1990.

The Parliament of Animals: Anecdotes and Legends from Books of Natural History, 1775-1900, Pace University Press (Lanham, MD), 1992.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, illustrated by Karen Pica, Research and Education Association (Piscataway, NJ), 1996.

Thomas Mann's Death in Venice, illustrated by Karen Pica, Research and Education Association (Piscataway, NJ), 1996.

William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, illustrated by Thomas E. Cantillon, Research and Education Association (Piscataway, NJ), 1996.

The Serpent and the Swan: The Animal Bride in Folklore and Literature,, McDonald and Woodward (Blacksburg, VA), 1998.

(Editor and translator, with Imogen von Tannenberg) Lutz Rathenow, The Fantastic, Ordinary World of Lutz Rathenow: Poems, Plays, and Stories, Xenos Books (Riverside, CA), 2000.

Animals in the Third Reich: Pets, Scapegoats, and the Holocaust, Continuum (New York, NY), 2000.

The Mythical Zoo: An Encyclopedia of Animals in World Myth, Legend, and Literature, American Bibliographic Center-Clio (Santa Barbara, CA), 2001.

Author of several books and many shorter pieces in various genres, including poetry, fiction, translation, and reference, with frequent publication in journals Parabola and Anthrozoos.

WORK IN PROGRESS: A book, tentatively titled The Crow, for Reaktion Books; a book about the motivations of writers; research for an autobiographical book on growing up in the shadow of atomic espionage.

SIDELIGHTS: Boria Sax told CA: "I feel writing as a 'destiny.' That word may sound old fashioned, but I have found no way to express the idea in more casual, contemporary English. Though constantly moved to write, I am unable to explain this passion very well. Part of it is certainly a wonderful sense of adventure that always comes with writing, no matter how arduous the process may become."