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 32,202 copie, 974 recensioni

The Elements of Style 19,216 copie, 189 recensioni

Le avventure di Stuart Little 12,621 copie, 135 recensioni

The Trumpet of the Swan 9,833 copie, 75 recensioni

The Elements of Style Illustrated 1,512 copie, 16 recensioni

Essays of E.B. White 1,378 copie, 20 recensioni

Charlotte's Web / Stuart Little / The Trumpet of the Swan 982 copie, 3 recensioni

Volete sapere cos'è New York? 950 copie, 16 recensioni

One Man's Meat 755 copie, 9 recensioni

Is Sex Necessary?: Or Why You Feel the Way You Do 557 copie, 12 recensioni

Letters of E. B. White 469 copie

The Second Tree from the Corner 420 copie, 5 recensioni

Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976 306 copie, 5 recensioni

A Subtreasury of American Humor (A cura di) 258 copie, 2 recensioni

Poems and Sketches of E. B. White 249 copie, 1 recensione

The Points of My Compass: Letter from the East, the West, the North, the… 165 copie, 2 recensioni

The Annotated Charlotte's Web 138 copie

Some Pig!: A Charlotte's Web Picture Book 124 copie, 3 recensioni

Charlotte's Web / Stuart Little (Autore) 48 copie

On Democracy 47 copie, 1 recensione

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

Quo Vadimus or The Case for the Bicycle 36 copie

Salutations!: Wit and Wisdom from Charlotte's Web 32 copie, 1 recensione

Tela Charlottae/Charlotte's Web: Latin Edition 32 copie

Farewell to Model T and From Sea to Shining Sea 31 copie, 2 recensioni

An E. B. White Reader 25 copie

Chickens, Gin, and a Maine Friendship: The Correspondence of E. B. White… 21 copie, 1 recensione

In the Words of E. B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable… 21 copie, 2 recensioni

Wilbur's Adventure: A Charlotte's Web Picture Book 16 copie

Notes on Our Times 15 copie, 1 recensione

Joseline Compatible with Apple Watch Magnetic Wireless Charger Pad… 11 copie

Letters and Essays of E.B. White 11 copie

Charlotte's Web: Movie Storybook (Charlotte's Web) 10 copie

Newbery Award Favorite Library 8 Book Box Set : Charlotte's Web, The One… (Collaboratore) 9 copie

On Kawara 8 copie

The Moon 1968-1972 8 copie

The Door 7 copie, 2 recensioni

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

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

The Fox of Peapack and Other Poems 4 copie

The Lady is Cold and Other Poems 3 copie

Once More to the Lake 3 copie, 1 recensione

Reading room 3 copie

Every Day is Saturday 3 copie

Charlotte's Web (Scholastic Book Guides) 3 copie

Ho hum, newsbreaks from the New Yorker 3 copie

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

The Trumpet of the Swan Guided Reading Classroom Set 2 copie

E. B. Classic White Story Collection 2 copie

Charlotte's Web Guided Reading Classroom Set 1 copia

Les aventures de Narcisse 1 copia

Til Death Do Us Part 1 copia

Cleopatra: The Life of an Egyptian Queen 1 copia

No Dummy 1 copia

A Guide for Using Stuart Little in the Schoolroom 1 copia

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

Irtnog 1 copia

Paul Bunyan, the Mightiest Logger of Them All 1 copia

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

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

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

The Hour of Letdown 1 copia

The geese 1 copia

Charlotte's Web- "DVD" Movie 1 copia

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

Stuart Little : Teacher's Guide 1 copia

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