Name Martin Puhvel | Education Harvard University | |
Books Beowulf and the Celtic Tradition | ||
Martin Puhvel (9 December 1933 – 7 December 2016) was a literature researcher of Estonian origin.
Born in Tallinn, he moved to Finland with his parents in 1944, thereafter to Sweden the same year and to Canada in 1949.
He studied at McGill University (Montreal) from 1949–1954; and Harvard University (Boston) from 1954–1958.
Puhvel was a lecturer at the McGill University for old and medieval English literature from 1957 to 1996. He has been a professor since 1980 and professor emeritus since 1998. He died on 7 December 2016.
Jaan Puhvel is his brother.
Academic Works
Puhvel has published 52 works, including books "'Beowulf' and Celtic Tradition," "The Crossroads in Folklore and Myth," "Cause and Effect in 'Beowulf'" and "'Beowulf': A Verse Translation and Introduction." He has lectured in Canada, the United States, Britain and Italy. He is a member of a number of academic organizations.