Betsy Byars (1928–2020)
Autore di The Summer of the Swans
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Betsy Cromer Byars was born in1928. She graduated from Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina. While she was in graduate school, she began writing articles for The Saturday Evening Post and Look. Byars writes novels for young people. She is an expert at tapping in to the pain of adolescence, mostra altro using bits of her own experience to flavor her characters. She is author of more than 60 books and has won numerous awards. Her book about a 14-year-old girl and her mentally retarded brother, The Summer of the Swans (1970), won the Newberry Award as the most distinguished contribution to children's literature that year. Other books include The 18th Emergency (1973), The TV Kid (1976), and After the Goat Man (1995). Betsy Byars died on February 26,2020 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Betsy Byars
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Byars, Betsy Cromer
- Data di nascita
- 1928-11-07
- Data di morte
- 2020-02-26
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Seneca, South Carolina, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Seneca, South Carolina, USA
Morgantown, West Virginia, USA - Istruzione
- Furman University
Queens College (BA|English, 1950) - Relazioni
- Myers, Laurie (daughter)
Duffey, Betsy (daughter) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Regina Medel (lifetime achievement ∙ 1987)
Newbery Medal 1971 - Breve biografia
- Married Ed Byars June 24, 1950, had three daughters and a son.
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YA girl watches over developmentally challenged brother in Name that Book (Novembre 2011)
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- Opere
- 83
- Opere correlate
- 5
- Utenti
- 21,055
- Popolarità
- #1,026
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 248
- ISBN
- 993
- Lingue
- 11
- Preferito da
- 4