E. L. Konigsburg (1930–2013)
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Sull'Autore
Elaine Lobl Konigsburg, noted children's writer and illustrator, was born February 10, 1930 in New York City. She received a BS in chemistry from Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon University) in 1952. She did graduate study at the University of Pittsburgh. Her best-known titles mostra altro included A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver, The Second Mrs. Giaconda, Father's Arcane Daughter, and Throwing Shadows. She won the Newbery Honor in 1968 for From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and the William Allen White Award in 1970. She won the Newbery Medal again in 1997 for The View from Saturday. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler was adapted into a motion picture starring Ingrid Bergman in 1973 and later released as The Hideaways in 1974. It became a television film starring Lauren Bacall in 1995. Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth was adapted for television as Jennifer and Me for NBC-TV in 1973. She died on April 19, 2013 from complications of a stroke that she had suffered a week prior at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Ron Kunzman/Simon & Schuster, via Associated Press
Serie
Opere di E. L. Konigsburg
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth (1967) — Immagine di copertina, alcune edizioni; Illustratore, alcune edizioni — 1,294 copie
The E. L. Konigsburg Collection: Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth; The View from… (2007) 91 copie
The E.L. Konigsburg Collection: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler; Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth,… (2016) 6 copie
Paperback Plus Teacher's Resource Guided Reading From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Invitations to… (1996) 3 copie
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg, and the Whipping Boy (2009) 2 copie
Drei Jungen sind nur zwei. 2 copie
Mystery of the Tea Party (Iwanami Bunko boy (051)) (2005) ISBN: 4001140519 [Japanese Import] (2005) 1 copia
HUn' Iestate nella citta vecchia 1 copia
Opere correlate
When I Was Your Age, Volume Two: Original Stories About Growing Up (1999) — Collaboratore — 92 copie
Scholastic Book Clubs Chapters - A Special Sampling of Novels By Newbery Authors (2001) — Collaboratore — 16 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Konigsburg, Elaine Lobl
- Data di nascita
- 1930-02-10
- Data di morte
- 2013-04-19
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York City, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Jacksonville, Florida, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA
Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Farrell, Pennsylvania, USA
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Port Chester, New York, USA - Istruzione
- Carnegie Mellon University (Chemistry)
University of Pittsburgh - Attività lavorative
- author
illustrator
bookkeeper
teacher - Relazioni
- Konigsburg, David (husband)
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Lewis Carroll Shelf Award 1968
William Allen White Children's Book Award 1970
Regina Medal (2001)
Utenti
Discussioni
YA Modern Fiction in Name that Book (Luglio 2016)
What Are You Reading the Week of 7 February 2014? in What Are You Reading Now? (Febbraio 2015)
Book read in elementry school 2nd-5th grade child locked in museum in Name that Book (Marzo 2009)
Recensioni
A mildly amusing story of a preteen who runs away to New York City, and takes her younger brother with her. I never felt a connection with the children, and didn't wonder how their adventure was going to end.
Upon reading this for the fourth or fifth time, I love it more than ever.
I'm adding it to my historical fiction shelf because everything I found objectionable about it when I was younger makes sense to me in light of what I know now about the 1950s and early 60s. Also, the writing is so clever that it's easy to suspend disbelief and just enjoy the delightful storytelling. Easily one of the most "historical" parts of this story is Claudia's attitude toward grammar. She was very concerned about Jamie's dangling prepositions. I'm sure Claudia would grow up to be the kind of person who wants to scream when someone uses "literally" to mean its opposite.… (altro)
I'm adding it to my historical fiction shelf because everything I found objectionable about it when I was younger makes sense to me in light of what I know now about the 1950s and early 60s. Also, the writing is so clever that it's easy to suspend disbelief and just enjoy the delightful storytelling. Easily one of the most "historical" parts of this story is Claudia's attitude toward grammar. She was very concerned about Jamie's dangling prepositions. I'm sure Claudia would grow up to be the kind of person who wants to scream when someone uses "literally" to mean its opposite.… (altro)
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Urban Fiction (1)
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1970s (1)
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Overdue Podcast (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 40
- Opere correlate
- 6
- Utenti
- 30,682
- Popolarità
- #647
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 592
- ISBN
- 408
- Lingue
- 13
- Preferito da
- 38
I remembered a few good sections and the exchange of characters leading each other back and forth,
but the ending in The Files was a true surprise.
(Just wish that, even in 1967, Mrs. Basil had moved to a happy smaller home and given away her money to poor folks.)