Cornelia Meigs (1884–1973)
Autor de Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women
Sobre El Autor
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Obras de Cornelia Meigs
A Critical History of Children's Literature: A Survey of Children's Books in English. Prepared in Four Parts (1953) 46 copias
Young Americans: How History Looked to Them While It Was In the Making, A Collection of Stories (1936) 15 copias
Call of the Mountain 6 copias
Rain on the roof 4 copias
The Hill of Adventure 1 copia
1939 FIRST EDITION WIND IN THE CHIMNEY CORNELIA MEIGS ILLUSTRATED [Hardcover] CORNELIA MEIGS 1 copia
Railroad West: A Novel 1 copia
An Old-Fashioned Girl 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Stories for girls — Contribuidor — 1 copia
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Conocimiento común
- Otros nombres
- Aldon, Adair
Meigs, Cornelia Lynde - Fecha de nacimiento
- 1884-12-06
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1973-09-10
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Rock Island, Illinois, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Havre De Grace, Maryland, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Davenport, Iowa, USA
Keokuk, Iowa, USA
Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
Brandon, Vermont, USA - Educación
- Bryn Mawr College (AB|1908)
- Ocupaciones
- professor
historian of children's literature
literary critic
writer of children's books - Premios y honores
- Newbery Medal 1934
Newbery Honor Medal 1922, 1928, 1933
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award - Biografía breve
- Cornelia Lynde Meigs was the fifth daughter of six children. She attended Bryn Mawr College and after graduating in 1908, she taught English at St. Katharine’s School in Davenport, Iowa, until 1913. While in Davenport, she wrote her first book, The Kingdom of the Winding Road, a collection of fairy tales. She frequently submitted short stories and plays for publication and wrote many of her books under the pseudonym Adair Aldon. In 1932, Meigs joined the faculty of the English department at Bryn Mawr, teaching English composition and creative writing until 1950 and eventually rising to the rank of full professor. She also served as a civilian employee of the U.S. War Department from 1942 to 1945.
Professor Meigs became an acknowledged authority on children’s literature, which was then becoming a new specialty. She wrote more than 40 books for young people, often with her students and nieces and nephews in mind. Her biography of Louisa May Alcott, Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women, received much critical acclaim. Prof. Meigs received numerous awards throughout her extensive writing career, including a Drama League prize in 1915 for her play The Steadfast Princess; three Newbery Honor Medals for her fiction; and the Newbery Medal for her Alcott biography.
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