E. B. White (1899–1985)

Autore di La tela di Carlotta

Comprende i nomi: E.B.White, White E. B., ELWYN BROOKS WHITE, אלוין ברוקס ויט, Элвин Брукс Уайт

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Born in Mount Vernon, New York, E. B. White was educated at Cornell University and served as a private in World War I. After several years as a journalist, he joined the staff of the New Yorker, then in its infancy. For 11 years he wrote most of the "Talk of the Town" columns, and it was White and James Thurber who can be credited with setting the style and attitude of the magazine. In 1938 he retired to a saltwater farm in Maine, where he wrote essays regularly for Harper's Magazine under the title "One Man's Meat." Like Thoreau, White preferred the woods; he also resembled Thoreau in his impatience and indignation. White received several prizes: in 1960, the gold medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters; in 1963, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award (he was honored along with Thornton Wilder and Edmund Wilson); and in 1978, a special Pulitzer Prize. His verse is original and witty but with serious undertones. His friend James Thurber described him as "a poet who loves to live half-hidden from the eye." Three of his books have become children's classics: Stuart Little (1945), about a mouse born into a human family, Charlotte's Web (1952), about a spider who befriends a lonely pig, and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). Among his best-known and most widely used books is The Elements of Style (1959), a guide to grammar and rhetoric based on a text written by one of his professors at Cornell, William Strunk, which White revised and expanded. White was married to Katherine Angell, the first fiction editor of the New Yorker. (Bowker Author Biography) Elwyn Brooks White was born on July 11, 1899, in Mt. Vernon, New York. After graduating from Cornell University, he worked briefly for an advertising agency and as a newspaper reporter before joining the staff of The New Yorker magazine in 1927. As a columnist for The New Yorker and a contributor to Harper's Magazine, White established a reputation as a prose stylist of exceptional elegance, clarity and wit. His interests, as reflected in his writing, were numerous and varied; his essays touched on such wide-ranging subjects as politics, farm animals, and life in New York City. White married Katharine S. Angell in 1929. They had one son, and in 1957 the family left New York for a farm in North Brookline, Maine. Writings from The New Yorker, 1927-1976 is a compilation of columns and essays produced during White's long relationship with the magazine. One Man's Meat, published in 1942, is a collection of his writings for Harper's. White adapted a short guide to English grammar and usage, The Elements of Style, from a college text written by one of his professors at Cornell, William Strunk Jr. It has sold millions of copies since it was first published in 1959 and has become a cherished resource for guidance in writing. White also co-authored Is Sex Necessary? with the humorist James Thurber, a fellow staff member at The New Yorker. E.B. White died on October 1, 1985 after succumbing to Alzheimer's. His diverse legacy also includes three children's books: Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, and The Trumpet of the Swan. In 1970 the American Library Association presented White the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award in recognition of his "substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children." He was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 and received a special Pulitzer Prize citation for his body of work in 1970. (Bowker Author Biography) — biografia da La tela di Carlotta… (altro)

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Opere di E. B. White

La tela di Carlotta 34,859 copie, 1,006 recensioni

The Elements of Style 19,333 copie, 189 recensioni

Le avventure di Stuart Little 14,126 copie, 139 recensioni

The Trumpet of the Swan 11,053 copie, 77 recensioni

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The Elements of Style Illustrated 1,603 copie, 16 recensioni

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Volete sapere cos'è New York? 1,009 copie, 17 recensioni

One Man's Meat 792 copie, 11 recensioni

Is Sex Necessary?: Or Why You Feel the Way You Do 582 copie, 13 recensioni

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Onward and Upward in the Garden (A cura di; Introduzione) 465 copie, 6 recensioni

The Second Tree from the Corner 436 copie, 6 recensioni

Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976 318 copie, 5 recensioni

A Subtreasury of American Humor (A cura di; Collaboratore) 271 copie, 3 recensioni

Poems and Sketches of E. B. White 263 copie, 1 recensione

The Points of My Compass: Letter from the East, the West, the North, the… 174 copie, 3 recensioni

Some Pig!: A Charlotte's Web Picture Book 141 copie, 3 recensioni

The Annotated Charlotte's Web 141 copie

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Charlotte's Web / Stuart Little (Autore) 69 copie

The Wild Flag: Editorials from The New Yorker on Federal World Government… 40 copie

Quo Vadimus or The Case for the Bicycle 37 copie

Salutations!: Wit and Wisdom from Charlotte's Web 35 copie, 1 recensione

Tela Charlottae/Charlotte's Web: Latin Edition 34 copie

Chickens, Gin, and a Maine Friendship: The Correspondence of E. B. White… 33 copie, 2 recensioni

Farewell to Model T and From Sea to Shining Sea 32 copie, 2 recensioni

An E. B. White Reader 27 copie

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On Kawara 11 copie, 1 recensione

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The Door 8 copie, 3 recensioni

The Moon 1968-1972 8 copie

White on White: Selections from the Works of E. B. White 4 copie

The Fox of Peapack and Other Poems 4 copie

Once More to the Lake 4 copie, 1 recensione

The Trumpet of the Swan: Teachers Guide Grades 3-4 4 copie

The Trumpet of the Swan Guided Reading Classroom Set 4 copie

Death of a Pig 3 copie

W.Strunk.'s E. B. White's The Elements of Style (The Elements of… 3 copie

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Charlotte's Web (Scholastic Book Guides) 3 copie

The Lady is Cold and Other Poems 3 copie

E. B. Classic White Story Collection 3 copie

Reading room 3 copie

Ho hum, newsbreaks from the New Yorker 3 copie

Writings from the "New Yorker", 1920s-70s by White, E. B. (1989) Paperback 2 copie

Time Out for Books Guide - Mouse and the Motorcycle and Charlotte's Web 2 copie

Topics : our new countryman at the U.N. 1 copia

Rare E B White / Here is New York 1st Edition 1949 [Hardcover] White, E. B 1 copia

THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE. WITH REVISIONS, AN INTROD., AND A CHAPTER ON… 1 copia

The geese 1 copia

The Elements of Reasoning 1 copia

The Yearling Gift Library For Girls Set 1: Charlotte's Web, Roller Skates,… 1 copia

No Dummy 1 copia

Panza Charlottei 1 copia

Stuart Little - Abridged 1 copia

The tumpet of the swan 1 copia

A Guide for Using Stuart Little in the Schoolroom 1 copia

Les aventures de Narcisse 1 copia

La trompeta del cigne 1 copia

Cleopatra: The Life of an Egyptian Queen 1 copia

Charlotte và Wilbur 1 copia

Nessun titolo 1 copia

Paul Bunyan, the Mightiest Logger of Them All 1 copia

Qui New York 1 copia

The Hour of Letdown 1 copia

Stuart Little : Teacher's Guide 1 copia

A Letter From E. B. White 1 copia

Letters of E. B. White 1 copia

Irtnog 1 copia

The Morning of the Day they Did It {short story} 1 copia

Charlotte's Web- "DVD" Movie 1 copia

Charlotte's Web 1973 Edition 1 copia

I Paint What I See: A Ballad of Artistic Integrity [poem] 1 copia

Til Death Do Us Part 1 copia

Charlotte's Web Guided Reading Classroom Set 1 copia

Rare - Charlotte's Web & Other Classics by White Illustrated New… 1 copia, 1 recensione

The Points Of My Compass Letter from the East, the West, the North, the… 1 copia

Charlottes tryllevev 1 copia

Essays of E. B. White 1 copia

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