Norma Klein (1938–1989)
Autore di Sunshine
Sull'Autore
Serie
Opere di Norma Klein
Opere correlate
Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2003) — Collaboratore — 71 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1938-05-13
- Data di morte
- 1989-04-25
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
- Istruzione
- Barnard College (B.A., Russian, 1960)
Columbia University (M.A. ∙ Slavic Languages ∙ 1963) - Attività lavorative
- children's book author
- Breve biografia
- Norma Klein, the daughter of a psychoanalyst, attended progressive schools before studying at Barnard College, Cornell, and Columbia. She originally wanted to become an artist, but said she decided to become a writer when she was unable to find books written about the kinds of people she knew, or who held her interest. Along with Judy Blume, she became one of the early pioneers of young adult literature in America with her realistic novels and short stories. She attributed her portrayal of alternative lifestyles, such as the single-parent family in Mom, the Wolf Man and Me (1972) or the lesbian mother and her partner in Breaking Up (1980), to her liberal upbringing in New York City. Her works dealt openly with other controversial issues as well, such as racism, divorce, abortion, and death, which may explain why Publisher's Weekly listed her as one of the most frequently censored authors in America. She died after a short illness. Her papers are housed at the University of Minnesota.
Utenti
Discussioni
somewhat explicit YA books in Name that Book (Marzo 2012)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 67
- Opere correlate
- 4
- Utenti
- 1,464
- Popolarità
- #17,551
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 17
- ISBN
- 247
- Lingue
- 10
- Preferito da
- 2