Julius Lester (1939–2018)
Autor de To Be a Slave
Sobre El Autor
Julius Bernard Lester was born in St. Louis, Missouri on January 27, 1939. He received a bachelor's degree in English from Fisk University in 1960. He moved to New York to become a folk singer. He performed on the coffeehouse circuit as a singer and guitarist. He released two albums entitled Julius mostrar más Lester in 1965 and Departures in 1967. His first published book, The Folksinger's Guide to the 12-String Guitar as Played by Leadbelly written with Pete Seeger, was published in 1965. In the 1960s, Lester was closely involved as a writer and photographer with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He traveled to the South to document the civil rights movement and to North Vietnam to photograph the effects of American bombardment. He also hosted radio and television talk shows in New York City. He wrote more than four dozen nonfiction and fiction books for adults and children. His books for adults included Look Out, Whitey!: Black Power's Gon' Get Your Mama, Revolutionary Notes, All Is Well, Lovesong: Becoming a Jew, and The Autobiography of God. His children's books included To Be a Slave, Sam and the Tigers, and Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue, which won the American Library Association's Coretta Scott King Award in 2006. He also wrote reviews and essays for numerous publications including The New York Times Book Review, The Boston Globe, The Village Voice, Dissent, The New Republic, and the Los Angeles Times Book Review. After teaching for two years at the New School for Social Research in New York, Lester joined the faculty of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1971. He originally taught in the Afro-American studies department, but transferred to the Judaic and Near Eastern studies department when Lester criticized the novelist James Baldwin for what he felt were anti-Semitic remarks. He died from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on January 18, 2018 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Créditos de la imagen: Courtesy of Julius Lester
Series
Obras de Julius Lester
Ackamarackus : Julius Lester's sumptuously silly fantastically funny fables (2001) 102 copias, 3 reseñas
A Christmas Love Story 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Places I Never Meant To Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers (1999) — Contribuidor — 320 copias, 6 reseñas
Join In: Multiethnic Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults (1993) — Contribuidor — 80 copias
The Call of the Wild: and related readings (Literature Connections) (1997) — Contribuidor — 66 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Lester, Julius Bernard
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1939-01-27
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2018-01-18
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- St Louis, Missouri, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Palmer, Massachusetts, USA
- Causa de fallecimiento
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Lugares de residencia
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
New York, New York, USA
Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA - Educación
- Fisk University (BA 1960)
- Ocupaciones
- photographer
musician
political activist
cantor
author
lay religious leader (Jewish) - Organizaciones
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Afro-American Studies Department
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Judaic and Near Eastern Studies Department
Bethel El Synaogue, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, USA (lay religious leader)
New York Times Book Review (contributor)
Village Voice (contributor) (mostrar todos 7)
Dissent (contributor) - Premios y honores
- Coretta Scott King Awards
Newberry Honor Medal
National Book Award Finalist
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
Caldecott Honor Medal
National Professor of the Year Silver Medal Award, Council for Advancement and Support of Education (1985) (mostrar todos 7)
National Jewish Book Award finalist
Miembros
Reseñas
When Dad killed Mom por Julius Lester
Much darker than I expected, yet in some ways, more simplistic. The characters were strong and the story kept me guessing.
John Henry is a man who can do things that other men can't do, like run very fast, or tell the sun to wake up in the morning. He goes on many adventures like racing a horse on foot and leaving his family behind to venture out into the world. This book would good for 2nd graders. It is a good example of folk tales while also being inclusive.
Julius Lester is an African-American author that writes books about African-American history. He has many books, but this book specfically stood out to me about folktales. This specfic book tells stories of 12 African-American folktales and I thought that was really interesting. I have never read any of his books but they look very familar. It is said that the folktales in this book were told by slaves and the stories were passed down for many centuries.
A wonderful read out loud book. Marvelous language. This was one of my daughter's favorites.
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 55
- También por
- 8
- Miembros
- 9,658
- Popularidad
- #2,476
- Valoración
- 4.0
- Reseñas
- 481
- ISBNs
- 291
- Idiomas
- 7
- Favorito
- 5