Stephen Mitchell (born in Brooklyn, New York) is an American poet and translator known for his influential English versions of major canonical texts, including the Tao Te Ching (1988), the Bhagavad Gita (2000), the Book of Job (1987), and the complete poetry and prose of Rainer Maria Rilke. His translations are celebrated for their lyric accessibility and spiritual attunement. He studied at Amherst College, the University of Paris, and Yale University. His original poetry is collected in Parables and Portraits (1990) and The Frog Prince: A Fairy Tale for Consenting Adults (1999). He is also the author of A Mind at Home with Itself (2018), a commentary on the Diamond Sutra, co-written with Byron Katie.