Margaret Mahy (1936–2012)
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Sobre El Autor
Margaret Mahy was born on March 21, 1936 in Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. She received a B.A. degree from the University of New Zealand. She worked as a nurse, an assistant librarian, and a children's librarian in England and New Zealand. Her first book, A Lion in the Meadow, was published mostrar más in 1969. She became a full-time author in 1980. During her lifetime, she wrote more than 120 children's books including The Haunting, The Changeover, Memory, The Seven Chinese Brothers, The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate and A Summery Saturday Morning. She won the Esther Glen Award five times, the Carnegie Medal of the British Library Association three times, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Hans Christian Andersen Award, and in 1999, she won the New Zealand Post Children's Book Award in two categories, Picture Book and Supreme Award. She died after a brief illness on July 23, 2012 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Series
Obras de Margaret Mahy
Mahy Magic : a Collection of the Most Magical Stories from the Margaret Mahy Story Books (1975) 10 copias
The horrible story and others : a collection of stories from the Margaret Mahy story books (1987) 6 copias
Braille at Bedtime : Chibbawokki rain and The Girl with the Green Ear Number 2 (1 vol Stock no.175) 2 copias
La bibliotecaria rapita 2 copias
my wonderful aunt story one 1 copia
The Father who walker on Hands 1 copia
Nur weg hier. ( Ab 12 J.) 1 copia
El secreto de la bibliotecaria 1 copia
Sunshine Books Set (The Mad Puppet, Tai Taylor is Born, Mr. Rumfitt, The Haunting of Miss Cardamon) 1 copia
Look Under V 1 copia
The Old Bus 1 copia
Las aventuras del cerdito ladrón 1 copia
Maddigan's Quest [TV show] 1 copia
Kiwi kids' collection 1 copia
Mr Rooster's Dilemma 1 copia
Secuestro de la bibliotecaria 1 copia
An troid ar an chnoc 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Are Angels OK?: The Parallel Universes of New Zealand Writers and Scientists (2006) — Contribuidor — 15 copias
Monsters in the Garden : An Anthology of Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy (2021) — Contribuidor — 7 copias
Writing at the Edge of the Universe: Essays From the Creative Writing in New Zealand Conference (2004) — Contribuidor — 5 copias
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Mahy, Margaret
- Nombre legal
- Mahy, Margaret
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1936-03-21
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2012-07-23
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- Nieuw-Zeeland
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Whakatane, New Zealand
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- Lugares de residencia
- Governor's Bay, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand
- Educación
- Auckland University College
Canterbury University College (B.A. | 1955)
New Zealand Library School - Ocupaciones
- librarian
writer-in-residence (Canterbury University ∙ 1984)
children's book author - Organizaciones
- Canterbury University
- Premios y honores
- Hans Christian Andersen Award (2006)
Member, Order of New Zealand
Honorary Doctorate ( [1985])
Artists to Antarctica (1998/99)
Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (2005)
May Hill Arbuthnot Lecturer (1989) (mostrar todos 8)
Margaret Mahy Medal ( [1991])
Sir Julius Vogel Award (Services to Science Fiction and Fantasy ∙ 2006)
Miembros
Debates
British YA novel from '80s - girl becomes a witch to save her little brother en Name that Book (Febrero 2013)
RIP Margaret Mahy en The Green Dragon (agosto 2012)
YA Sci-fi/Fantasy Alchemist??? en Name that Book (agosto 2010)
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- ISBNs
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- Idiomas
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- Favorito
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