Jack Zipes

Jack David Zipes (born June 7, 1937) is a literary scholar and author. He is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of German, Nordic, Slavic and Dutch at the University of Minnesota.

Zipes is known for his work on fairy tales, folklore, critical theory, 20th century literature, German literature, German Jewish culture and the political and cultural significance of the Brothers Grimm tales. He has authored, co-authored and edited 69 books including The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm, Buried Treasures: The Power of Political Fairy Tales and Don't Bet on the Prince. Among his honors are the Guggenheim Fellowship (1988), the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts Distinguished Scholar Award (1992), the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (1998), the International Brothers Grimm Award from the International Institute for Children's Literature in Osaka, Japan (1999), the Folklore Society Katharine Briggs Award (2007), the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award (2012), the Chicago Folklore Prize (2015), and the World Fantasy Convention Award for Lifetime Achievement (2019).

Zipes is a Fellow of the American Folklore Society and the International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL). He was a Founding Editor of the New German Critique, and holds positions on the advisory boards for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature, Fairy Tale Review and Storytelling, Self, Society.