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Rynn Berry (January 31, 1945 – January 9, 2014) was an American activist and author of books about vegetarianism. Berry wrote a chapter on the history of the raw food movement for ''Becoming Raw: The Essential Guide to Raw Vegan Diets'', principally written by Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina. He also co-authored, with Chris Abreu-Suzuki, an annual ''Vegan Guide to New York City'', the first exclusively vegetarian guidebook. Rynn Berry's books have been translated into many languages and were reedited numerous times. His book ''Famous Vegetarians and their Favorite Recipes'' (1993, 2003) has been compared to Howard Williams's classic ''The Ethics of Diet''. Besides his books, he also wrote entries on vegetarianism and related issues for the ''Oxford Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink'' and ''The Oxford Companion to Food and Drink in America'', as well as many articles and interviews published in vegetarian-themed magazines. == Life and career == Berry was born on January 31, 1945, in Honolulu, Hawaii, and grew up in Coconut Grove, Florida, where his mother and maternal siblings lived.〔(VegSource biography of Rynn Berry )〕 He studied literature, archeology, and classics at the University of Pennsylvania (Ancient Studies) and at Columbia University.〔 He became vegetarian as a teenager〔(It's All About Food (Interview begins around 3:05, when Rynn Berry talks about how he became vegetarian as a teenager) )〕 and vegan in August 15, 1966, and celebrated that life decision every year.〔Jon Wynne-Tyson, ''The Extended Circle: A Dictionary of Humane Thought'', Centaur Press, 2009, p. 18.〕 He became a rawfooder in 1994.〔(It's Easier To Be Green )〕 He taught comparative literature at Baruch College in Manhattan (a school within the City University of New York), and later culinary history at New School for Social Research in New York City.〔 For his first book, ''The Vegetarians'' (later re-titled ''The New Vegetarians''), was published in 1979. His next book, ''Famous Vegetarians and Their Favorite Recipes: Lives and Lore from Buddha to the Beatles'', is a collection of biographical sketches of famous people who were vegetarians at some point in their lives. Each chapter also contains an illustration of each of the famous vegetarians profiled, followed by some of their favorite recipes. For the Leonardo da Vinci chapter, he translated for the first time into English recipes from ''De Honesta Voluptate'' by Bartolomeo Platina.〔''Vegetarian Times'', Fev 1991, p. 76.〕 The first edition of the book was published in 1989 by Panjandrum Books.〔(William Shurtleff and Akiko Aoyagi ), ''History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in South Asia / Indian Subcontinent (1656–2010)'', Soyinfo Center, 2010, p. 828.〕 In 1995, Pythagorean Publishers released a revised edition with three additional chapters covering Mahavira (reputed founder of Jainism), Plato and Socrates, and Swami Prabhupada.〔Shurtleff and Aoyagi, ''Op. cit.'', p. 865.〕 A review published in Vegetarian Times, considered ''Famous Vegetarians'' "scholarship at the end of a fork – and for writing it, he deserves an 'A'."〔 In ''Religious Vegetarianism: From Hesiod to the Dalai Lama'', Kerry S. Walters and Lisa Portmess say that Berry's book is "a twentieth-century parallel" to Howard Williams's classic ''The Ethics of Diet''.〔Kerry S. Walters and Lisa Portmess, ''Religious Vegetarianism: From Hesiod to the Dalai Lama'', State University of New York Press, 2001, p. 194.〕 In his book ''The Vegetarian Revolution'', Giorgio Cerquetti recommended "everybody to read Rynn Berry's excellent book."〔Giorgio Cerquetti, ''The Vegetarian Revolution: Commentary and Cookbook'', Torchlight Publishing, 1997, (ISBN 1-887089-00-4) p. viii.〕 ''Famous Vegetarians'' has been translated into Italian (in 1996 and in 2000),〔''Da Buddha ai Beatles: La via e le ricette inedite dei grandi vegetariani della storia'' (translated by Annamaria Pietrobono, Gruppo Futura – Jackson Libri, 1996. ISBN 88-256-1108-0); ''Il Libro delle Ricette Vegetariane: In cucina con i grandi vegetariani della storia'' (Jackson Libri, 2000. ISBN 88-256-1690-2)〕 Chinese (in 1991 and in 2010),〔经典素食名人厨房:从佛陀到摇滚披头士的自然饮食 () (Awakening triple life Bookstore, 1991. ISBN 7-108-03319-4); (SDX, Joint Publishing Company, 2010. ISBN 7-108-03319-4)〕 Taiwanese,〔(經典蔬食名人廚房：從古希臘到搖滾披頭四的自然飲食, 2004, ISBN 978-957-29440-2-8 )〕 and Polish.〔''Slynni wegetarianie i ich ulubione przepisy: od Buddy do Beatlesów'' (translated by Marta Maciejewska, 2006, Videograf II. ISBN 83-7183-416-0)〕 In 1998 he published his third book, ''Food for the Gods: Vegetarianism & the World's Religions'', which consists of a collection of essays on world religions, accompanied by recipes and interviews with vegetarian representatives. ''Publishers Weekly'' stated, "Despite his best efforts, Berry can't convince various religious experts...to link a vegetarian diet directly with spiritual attainment. The most he gets them to say, in some remarkably frank and disarming interviews, is that following a vegetarian lifestyle is generally a matter of personal choice, albeit one that they felt aided their spiritual growth for ethical reasons."〔amazon.com, Cahners Business Information, Inc., 1998, "(Food for the Gods: Vegetarianism & the World's Religions )". Accessed November 1, 2015.〕 Like his previous book, ''Food for the Gods'' was translated into Chinese.〔與神共餐 : 帶著你的心靈與碗盤,與眾神共進和平的晚餐 (2004, ISBN 978-957-29440-6-6)〕 In 2004, Berry published his fourth book, ''Hitler: Neither Vegetarian Nor Animal Lover'', which has an introduction by Martin Rowe, co-founder of Lantern Books, and founding editor of ''Satya'' magazine,〔(Lantern Books: Martin Rowe )〕 that, according to Richard H. Schwartz (author of ''Judaism and Vegetarianism''), "make it by itself almost worth the price of the book." In his review, Schwartz also commented:
Rynn Berry also wrote the entry on the history of vegetarianism in America for the ''Oxford Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink'' (2004), edited by Andrew Smith, and he was commissioned to write seven entries for ''The Oxford Companion to Food and Drink in America'' (2007)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rynn Berry )〕 His book ''The Vegan Guide to New York City'' (now in its 20th edition) was the "first and only exclusively vegetarian guidebook on the planet".〔(Rynn Berry: History of the rawfood movement in California (August 10, 2010) )〕 He was also a playwright who contributed a number of short plays about 'famous vegetarians in history' - Dr. John Harvey Kellogg: (Dr. John "Cornflakes" Kellogg, MD); Leo Tolstoy: (Tea with the Tolstoys); Hypatia of Alexandria: (Hypatia's Heresy); Leonardo da Vinci: (The Mona Lisa's Smile); Pythagoras: (Pythagoras & Theano), et al. - one-act plays which were performed publicly in several different venues in different US states, as well in Brazil.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rynn Berry )〕〔(Palestra de Rynn Berry apresenta os motivos que levaram Da Vinci a adotar o vegetarianismo )〕 ''Fruits of Tantalus: A History of Vegan Rawfoodism and the Origins of Cooking'' was his forthcoming book, a clear work in culinary history.〔(Triangle Vegetarian Society Photo Album )〕〔(Photo of book cover with abstract )〕 Over the years Berry also contributed many articles and interviews for vegetarian-themed magazines.〔(Rynn Berry, By Doris Lin )〕〔(It's All About Food – Vegetarian Historian, Rynn Berry, now part of Vegan History )〕 Berry was on the advisory boards of the American Vegetarian Association and of Earth Save, the historical advisor to the North American Vegetarian Society,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NAVS | North American Vegetarian Society )〕 honored as a member of the American Vegan Society Speakers Bureau, instructor at Victoria Moran's Main Street Academy,〔(Ten Questions with Victoria Moran: Food Ethics, Spirituality, the Religion of Pop Culture and More )〕 and a recognized expert on the history of vegetarianism. He was a frequent international lecturer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World Vegetarian Congress - Edinburgh, Scotland, Summer 2002 - Rynn Berry )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rynn Berry )〕〔(Associação Vegetariana Portuguesa: Rynn Berry - Biografia )〕 George Guimarães, president of the Brazilian animal rights organization VEDDAS and founding member of the Brazilian Vegan Society (Sociedade Vegana) said that Rynn visited Brazil at least two times a year, and that he contributed much to the animal rights movement in Brazil, where he frequently lectured both in English (with a translator) and in Portuguese.〔(Gentil e generoso, Rynn Berry contribuiu muito para o movimento animalista no Brasil )〕 Berry was a consistent vegan and primarily raw foodist after 1994,〔 and he made a great show of his all-raw diet at vegetarian gatherings, though he evidently deviated from this path constantly (yet remaining fully vegan) while touring New York City's vegetarian restaurants and sampling their vegan-friendly fare for each annual update of his book, ''Vegan Guide to New York City''.〔Braunstein, Mark Mathew, 2014 (Spring), "Tribute to Rynn Berry", ''Vegetarian Voice''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rynn Berry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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