The family moved to Finland in 1944, thereafter to Sweden the same year and to Canada in 1949.
Puhvel was a lecturer at the McGill University for old and medieval English literature from 1957 to 1996.
Puhvel published 52 works, including the books "'Beowulf' and Celtic Tradition," "The Crossroads in Folklore and Myth," "Cause and Effect in 'Beowulf,'" and "'Beowulf': A Verse Translation and Introduction."
He lectured in Canada, the United States, Britain and Italy.
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