E. B. White (1899–1985)
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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 mostra altro 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) mostra meno
Opere di E. B. White
The Points of My Compass: Letter from the East, the West, the North, the South (2000) 179 copie, 3 recensioni
The Wild Flag: Editorials from The New Yorker on Federal World Government and Other Matters (1946) 42 copie
Chickens, Gin, and a Maine Friendship: The Correspondence of E. B. White and Edmund Ware Smith (2020) 41 copie, 2 recensioni
In the Words of E. B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers (2011) 22 copie, 2 recensioni
Newbery Award Favorite Library 8 Book Box Set : Charlotte's Web, The One and Only Ivan, Ella Enchanted, Dragonwings (2020) — Collaboratore — 14 copie
Death of a Pig 6 copie
THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE. WITH REVISIONS, AN INTROD., AND A CHAPTER ON WRITING BY E. B. WHITE (1972) 6 copie
W.Strunk.'s E. B. White's The Elements of Style (The Elements of Style: 50th Anniversary Edition… (2008) 3 copie
Reading room 3 copie
The Points of My Compass 2 copie
The Elements of Reasoning 2 copie
Nessun titolo 1 copia
No Dummy 1 copia
Panza Charlottei 1 copia
Stuart Little - Abridged 1 copia
Les aventures de Narcisse 1 copia
Irtnog 1 copia
Charlotte và Wilbur 1 copia
Charlotte's Web - Book and DVD 1 copia
The Hour of Letdown 1 copia
The geese 1 copia
Tela Di Carlotta 1 copia
Qui New York 1 copia
Stuart Little : Teacher's Guide 1 copia
A Letter From E. B. White 1 copia
Letters of E. B. White 1 copia
Charlotte's Web- "DVD" Movie 1 copia
Til Death Do Us Part 1 copia
Rare - Charlotte's Web & Other Classics by White Illustrated New Sealed Leather Bound (1777) 1 copia, 1 recensione
Essays of E. B. White 1 copia
סטיוארט קטינא 1 copia
HLe Iavventure di Stuart Little 1 copia
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Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker (2001) — Collaboratore — 716 copie, 6 recensioni
A Patriot's Handbook: Songs, Poems, Stories and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Love (2003) — alcune edizioni — 498 copie, 5 recensioni
The World of the Short Story: A 20th Century Collection (1986) — Collaboratore — 464 copie, 4 recensioni
Reporting World War II Part One : American Journalism, 1938-1944 (1995) — Collaboratore — 442 copie, 3 recensioni
American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau (2008) — Collaboratore — 421 copie, 1 recensione
Reporting World War II Part Two : American Journalism 1944-1946 (1995) — Collaboratore — 392 copie, 3 recensioni
The Lives and Times of Archy and Mehitabel (1916) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 376 copie, 7 recensioni
75 Short Masterpieces: Stories from the World's Literature (1961) — Collaboratore — 300 copie, 1 recensione
The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion (2011) — Collaboratore — 250 copie, 3 recensioni
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Collaboratore — 134 copie, 1 recensione
The Owl in the Attic and Other Perplexities (1931) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 107 copie, 1 recensione
The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present (2020) — Collaboratore — 84 copie
The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories (2002) — Collaboratore — 78 copie
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1972) — Collaboratore — 56 copie
Published and Perished: Memoria, Eulogies, and Remembrances of American Writers (2002) — Collaboratore — 37 copie, 1 recensione
The Best of Both Worlds: An Anthology of Stories for All Ages (1968) — Collaboratore — 25 copie, 1 recensione
Charlotte's Web - 3 Movie Collection (Charlotte's Web/Charlotte's Web -Animation/Charlotte's Web 2 - Animation) (2013) — Original book — 11 copie, 1 recensione
Contemporary Short Stories: Representative Selections, Volume 3 — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Furrow's End: An Anthology of Great Farm Stories — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Contos Dramáticos — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- White, E. B.
- Nome legale
- White, Elwyn Brooks
- Data di nascita
- 1899-07-11
- Data di morte
- 1985-10-01
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Brooklin Cemetery, Brooklin, Maine, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Mount Vernon, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- North Brooklin, Maine, USA
- Causa della morte
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Luogo di residenza
- Seattle, Washington, USA
New York, New York, USA - Istruzione
- Cornell University (AB|1921)
- Attività lavorative
- journalist
writer - Relazioni
- White, Katharine S. (spouse)
Angell, Roger (stepson)
Thurber, James (friend)
Strunk, William (mentor) - Organizzazioni
- Harper's Magazine
The New Yorker
United States Army (WWI) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Pulitzer Prize (Special Citation, 1978)
Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (1970)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (1963)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1962)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal (1960)
Utenti
Discussioni
Thornwillow Charlotte’s Web in Fine Press Forum (Ottobre 2023)
October 2015: E.B. White in Monthly Author Reads (Dicembre 2017)
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- Utenti
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- Popolarità
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- Voto
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- Recensioni
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- ISBN
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