2010 Presenters
Maria Tatar
Maria Tatar is the John L. Loeb Professor of Folklore & Mythology and Germanic Languages & Literatures at Harvard University, where she served as Dean for the Humanities from 2003-2006. She currently chairs the Program in Folklore and Mythology and teaches courses on German Studies, Folklore, and Children's Literature. The author of Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood, Secrets beyond the Door: Bluebeard in Folklore, Fiction, and Film, she is the editor The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen and The Annotated Brothers Grimm, along with Classic Fairy Tales, and the new collection of modern fairy tales, My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me.
The Los Angeles Times Book Review praises Tatar’s work, calling it “clear, imaginative and fascinating illumination of the stories we thought we knew.” She is currently at work on The Annotated Peter Pan.
LINKS:
Tatar's faculty page at Harvard University
Tatar's blog at Harvard University
Video: Tatar discusses fairy tales
Video: Interview with Tatar about fairy tales
Catalogue of Tatar's books from the SurLaLune Bookstore
