Dennis Tedlock

Anthropologist, Award Winner

1939 –

69

Who is Dennis Tedlock?

Dennis Tedlock is the McNulty Professor of English and Research Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He received his Ph.D. in 1968 from Tulane University. In 1986, he won the PEN Translation Prize for his book Popul Vuh: The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life, and in 1997 was the joint recipient of the American Anthropological Association President's Award, along with his wife, Barbara Tedlock.

Proponent of dialogical anthropology.

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Born
Jun 19, 1939
Also known as
  • Dennis Ernest Tedlock
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • PhD, Tulane University
    Anthropology
    ( - 1968)
Lived in
  • New York
    (1987 - )

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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