Jean Merrill (1923–2012)
Autor de The Pushcart War
Sobre El Autor
Jean Merrill was born in Rochester, New York on January 27, 1923. She received an undergraduate degree from Allegheny College and a master's degree in English from Wellesley College in 1945. After graduation, she worked as an editor for Scholastic Magazine. Her first book, Henry the Hand-Painted mostrar más Mouse, was published in 1951. In 1952 she received a Fulbright Fellowship to study folklore at the University of Madras in India. She later based several of her books on Asian folk stories including Shan's Lucky Knife, The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars, and The Superlative Horse, which won a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Her other books include A Song for Gar, Blue's Broken Heart, and The Pushcart War, which won a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. She also wrote a dozen scripts for animated television adaptations of her work. The Toothpaste Millionaire was adapted for television in 1974. She died from cancer on August 2, 2012 at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras de Jean Merrill
Tell About the Cow Barn, Daddy 5 copias
The Very Nice Things 3 copias
The Tree House of Jimmy Domino 2 copias
The Woover 1 copia
The Pushcart War 1 copia
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Merrill, Jean Fairbanks
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1923-01-27
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2012-08-02
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Rochester, New York, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Randolph, Vermont, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Rochester, New York, USA
New York City, New York, USA
Washington, Vermont, USA - Educación
- Allegheny College
Wellesley College (MA|English|1945)
University of Madras - Relaciones
- Solbert, Ronni (life partner)
- Organizaciones
- Scholastic Magazine (editor)
Literary Calvacade - Premios y honores
- Lewis Carroll Shelf Award 1963, 1965
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 31
- También por
- 1
- Miembros
- 2,975
- Popularidad
- #8,576
- Valoración
- 4.2
- Reseñas
- 36
- ISBNs
- 76
- Idiomas
- 3