Andre Norton (1912–2005)
Autore di The Elvenbane
Sull'Autore
Born Alice Mary Norton on February 17, 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio, she legally changed her name to Andre Alice Norton in 1934. She attended the Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve) for a year then took evening courses in journalism and writing that were mostra altro offered by Cleveland College, the adult division of the same university. Norton was a librarian for the Cleveland Library System then a reader at Gnome Press. After that position, she became a full-time writer. She is most noted for writing fantasy, in particular the Witch World series. Her first book The Prince of Commands was published in 1934. Other titles include Ralestone Luck, Magic in Ithkar, Voorloper, Uncharted Stars, The Gifts of Asti and All Cats are Gray. She also wrote under the pen names Andre Norton, Andrew North and Allen Weston She was the first woman to receive the Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy and the Nebula Grand Master Award. She has also received a Phoenix Award for overall writing achievement, a Jules Verne Award, and a Science Fiction Book Club Book of the Year Award for her title The Elvenbane. In 1997 she was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. She died on March 17, 2005. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: OrangeCon, 1978.
Serie
Opere di Andre Norton
Secret of the Lost Race / One Against Herculum (Vintage Ace Double D-381) (1959) — Autore — 39 copie
Follow the drum, being the ventures and misadventures of one Johanna Lovell, sometime lady of Catkept Manor in Kent… (1942) 32 copie
The Magic Sequence Volume Two: Dragon Magic, Lavender-Green Magic, and Red Hart Magic (2018) 13 copie
Die Leute von Santaroga, Das große Abenteuer des Mutanten (Unterwegs in die Welt von morgen) (1991) 6 copie
Wizard's World [short story] 5 copie
The Outling 4 copie
Mousetrap [short story] 4 copie
The Andre Norton Omnibus 3 copie
Time Traders, and Other Works 2 copie
Earthborne 2 copie
Ritorno a Estcarp 2 copie
The Way Wind 2 copie
Teddi [short story] 2 copie
Korona z jelenich rogów 2 copie
Sand Sister [short story] 2 copie
Through the ice 1 copia
Cat Fantastic III 1 copia
O Castigo dos Yurth 1 copia
Scarface r 1 copia
Lost Lands of the Witch World 1 copia
L'ALTRA FACCIA DEL PASSATO 1 copia
Epic Sci-Fi Odyssey: A Premium Collection of Classic Science Fiction Novellas and Short Stories 1 copia
The Trillium Quartet: Blood Trillium; Lady of the Trillium; Golden Trillium; Black Trillium (1996) 1 copia
" Koldovskoĭ mir v 5-i tomakh". 1 copia
Exils of the Stars 1 copia
Four From the Witchworld 1 copia
Operation Timesearch 1 copia
Sorceress of the Witxh World 1 copia
Na skrzydłach magii 1 copia
Gray Mare's Colts, The 1 copia
The Beast Mage 1 copia
The Worlds of Andre Norton 1 copia
Through The Needle's Eye 1 copia
One Spell Wizard 1 copia
By a Hair [short story] 1 copia
Changeling [short story] 1 copia
Nightmare [short story] 1 copia
London Bridge [short story] 1 copia
Sow's Ear—silk Purse 1 copia
Dragon MAster 1 copia
Hob's Pot [short story] 1 copia
Noble Warrior [short story] 1 copia
Procession to Var 1 copia
Set in Stone 1 copia
An Interview With Andre Norton 1 copia
Forerunners: The Second Venture 1 copia
Władca Gromu 1 copia
Witch World: The Turning: 1. Storms of Victory; 2. Flight of Vengence; 3. On Wings of Magic (1992) 1 copia
Island of the lost 1 copia
Urania 1156 - LIMBO 1 copia
Sargasso of Space [abridged] — Autore — 1 copia
Plague Ship and Other Works 1 copia
Limbo 1 copia
Witch World Series 1 copia
The stars are ours! 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur (1989) — Collaboratore — 302 copie
The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin: A Library… (2018) — Collaboratore — 229 copie
New Eves: Science Fiction About the Extraordinary Women of Today and Tomorrow (1994) — Collaboratore — 62 copie
Sisters of Sorcery: Two Centuries of Witchcraft Stories by the Gentle Sex (1976) — Collaboratore — 30 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Norton, Andre Alice
- Altri nomi
- North, Andrew
Weston, Allen
Norton, Alice Mary (birth) - Data di nascita
- 1912-02-17
- Data di morte
- 2005-03-17
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
- Causa della morte
- congestive heart failure
- Luogo di residenza
- Ohio, USA
Maryland, USA
Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA - Istruzione
- Western Reserve University (Flora Stone Mather College)
- Attività lavorative
- librarian
bookshop manager
editor
science fiction writer - Organizzazioni
- Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Gandalf Award (Grand Master, 1977)
Ohioana Book Award (Juvenile Literature, for her body of work, 1980)
World Fantasy Nominee (Lifetime Achievement, 1981)
World Fantasy Nominee (Lifetime Achievement, 1982)
SFWA Grand Master (1983)
E.E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (1983) (mostra tutto 9)
SF Hall Of Fame (Living Inductee, 1997)
World Fantasy (Lifetime Achievement, 1998)
P.E.A.R.L. (Career Achievement, 2007) - Agente
- Russell Galen (Scovil-Chichak-Galen Literary Agency)
Utenti
Discussioni
Which Andre Norton book? in Book talk (Febbraio 5)
Children's science fiction book: forgotten title & author in Name that Book (Dicembre 2018)
domed city, YA-kid's novel, at least 30years ago in Name that Book (Novembre 2015)
YA post-apocalyptic sci-fi, living in a walled city with "breather" machines in Name that Book (Ottobre 2015)
YA fantasy: Siblings and Magic Mailbox in Name that Book (Mag 2012)
Recommend me something by Andre Norton in FantasyFans (Luglio 2011)
Children's ghost story/mystery/time travel, 60s-70s in Name that Book (Settembre 2010)
Children's book with a flying horese and giant knives and forks! in Name that Book (Marzo 2009)
Recensioni
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Witchy Fiction (1)
Books Read in 2013 (40)
Cats in Fiction (1)
Faerie Mythology (1)
Books Read in 2016 (18)
Books Read in 2021 (12)
Books Read in 2019 (10)
Elevenses (2)
al.vick-series (2)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 390
- Opere correlate
- 79
- Utenti
- 68,340
- Popolarità
- #195
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 713
- ISBN
- 1,845
- Lingue
- 15
- Preferito da
- 137