Natalie Babbitt (1932–2016)
Autor de Tuck para siempre
Sobre El Autor
Natalie Babbitt was born Natalie Zane Moore in Dayton, Ohio on July 28, 1932. As a child, she wanted to be an illustrator. She received a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Smith College. She and her husband Sam Babbitt collaborated on a children's book The Forty-Ninth Magician, which was mostrar más published in 1966. At the urging of her husband and her editor, she decided to write her own prose. Her first book as both author and illustrator was The Search for Delicious, which was published in 1969. Her novels included Goody Hall, The Devil's Storybook, Tuck Everlasting, The Eyes of the Amaryllis, Herbert Rowbarge, and The Moon Over High Street. She wrote and illustrated several picture books including Nellie: A Cat on Her Own; Bub, or, The Very Best Thing; and Elsie Times Eight. Kneeknock Rise was named a 1971 Newbery Honor book. In 2013, she won the inaugural E. B. White Award for achievement in children's literature. Tuck Everlasting was adapted as a Disney feature film in 2002 and made its debut as a Broadway musical in 2016. She also illustrated five books for Valerie Worth. She died of lung cancer on October 31, 2016 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Babbitt, Natalie
- Nombre legal
- Babbitt, Natalie Zane
- Otros nombres
- Moore, Natalie Zane (birth)
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1932-07-28
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2016-10-31
- Lugar de sepultura
- Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Dayton, Ohio, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Hamden, Connecticut, USA
- Causa de fallecimiento
- cancer (lung)
- Lugares de residencia
- Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Middletown, Ohio, USA
Clinton, New York, USA - Educación
- Smith College (BA ∙ 1954)
- Ocupaciones
- illustrator
children's book author - Relaciones
- Babbitt, Samuel Fisher (spouse)
- Organizaciones
- National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance (board member)
PEN
Authors League of America
Authors Guild - Premios y honores
- Children's Literature Festival Award, Keene State College, for the body of her work (1993)
E. B. White Award (2012)
Newbery Honor (1971)
Christopher Award (1975)
Miembros
Debates
fantasy fiction about a young man that never ages but falls in love with a girl that does en Name that Book (enero 2018)
Reseñas
El cerro del abismo / Knee-Knock Rise por Natalie Babbitt
A partir de 9 años.
Nos narra la historia de una niña que cierto día se topa con una familia encantadora que tiene un secreto: son inmortales a causa del agua de un manantial. Alguien descubre su secreto y deberán impedir que sea un secreto a voces, porque los Tuck, los miembros de esta familia, saben que la inmortalidad es un don que no es tan maravilloso como parece. La niña, una vez conocido el secreto deberá enfrentarse a un dilema: tomar el agua al crecer y unirse a ellos (en particular al guapo Jesse) o vivir una vida normal... y mortal.… (más)
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6th Grade (1)
1970s (1)
Newbery Adjacent (1)
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 31
- También por
- 21
- Miembros
- 21,467
- Popularidad
- #1,008
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 651
- ISBNs
- 312
- Idiomas
- 12
- Favorito
- 8
