Richard Atwater (1892–1948)
Autor de Mr. Popper's Penguins
Sobre El Autor
Richard Atwater was born on December 29, 1892 in Chicago, and educated at the University of Chicago, where he later taught Greek. In addition to teaching, Atwater worked as a book editor and newspaper columnist. Atwater wrote several books in his lifetime, including Doris and the Trolls and Rickety mostrar más Rimes of Riq. However, it was his children's book Mr. Popper's Penguins that made him famous. In this story a house painter receives several penguins as a present. He keeps them in his refrigerator and the trouble they create is chronicled in the story. In 1934, Atwater suffered a stroke. Atwater's wife revised and completed the manuscript. Richard Atwater died on August 21, 1948. Mr. Popper's Penguins won the Newberry Medal in 1939 and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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(eng) One Atwater per author page, please! Yes, the same Richard Atwater translated the Secret History and wrote Mr. Popper's Penguin.
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- Nombre canónico
- Atwater, Richard
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1892-12-29
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1948-08-21
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Ocupaciones
- professor
journalist - Relaciones
- Atwater, Florence (spouse)
- Aviso de desambiguación
- One Atwater per author page, please!
Yes, the same Richard Atwater translated the Secret History and wrote Mr. Popper's Penguin.
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