E. L. Konigsburg (1930–2013)
Forfatter af From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Om forfatteren
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 vis mere 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) vis mindre
Image credit: Ron Kunzman/Simon & Schuster, via Associated Press
Serier
Værker af E. L. Konigsburg
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth (1967) — Omslagsfotograf/tegner/..., nogle udgaver; Illustrator, nogle udgaver — 1,302 eksemplarer
The E. L. Konigsburg Collection: Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth; The View from… (2007) 92 eksemplarer
The Mask Beneath the Face: Reading About and With, Writing About and For Children (1990) 10 eksemplarer
The E.L. Konigsburg Collection: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler; Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth,… (2016) 6 eksemplarer
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg, and the Whipping Boy (2009) 3 eksemplarer
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth: Novel-Ties Study Guide (1993) 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
When I Was Your Age, Volume Two: Original Stories About Growing Up (1999) — Bidragyder — 92 eksemplarer
Scholastic Book Clubs Chapters - A Special Sampling of Novels By Newbery Authors (2001) — Bidragyder — 16 eksemplarer
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Almen Viden
- Juridisk navn
- Konigsburg, Elaine Lobl
- Fødselsdato
- 1930-02-10
- Dødsdag
- 2013-04-19
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- New York City, New York, USA
- Dødssted
- Jacksonville, Florida, USA
- Bopæl
- New York, New York, USA
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA
Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Farrell, Pennsylvania, USA
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Port Chester, New York, USA - Uddannelse
- Carnegie Mellon University (Chemistry)
University of Pittsburgh - Erhverv
- author
illustrator
bookkeeper
teacher - Relationer
- Konigsburg, David (husband)
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Lewis Carroll Shelf Award 1968
William Allen White Children's Book Award 1970
Regina Medal (2001)
Medlemmer
Discussions
YA Modern Fiction i Name that Book (juli 2016)
What Are You Reading the Week of 7 February 2014? i What Are You Reading Now? (februar 2015)
Book read in elementry school 2nd-5th grade child locked in museum i Name that Book (marts 2009)
Anmeldelser
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E.Frankweiler af E.L. Konigsburg
Rereading this with my daughter was wonderful! The magic of running away to live in the MET still resonated, but I loved Claudia's journey to understand herself even more than I did as a child. Her exploration of her own motivations will stay with her much longer than her week in the museum. I loved that she and her brother Jamie have such different personalities when it comes to spending money and planning. They are forced to learn how to prioritize and compromise. And Mrs. Frankweiler is just delightful!… (mere)
I was underwhelmed by this story of two girls pretending to be witches. There were several smile-inducing situations but for me most of it fell rather flat. This is the second book I've read by this author that just didn't impress me at all, especially considering it was a Newbery Honor winner. Meh.
I didn't like the sarcastic nature of all the characters in this book. I don't disagree that 6th graders may be sarcastic, but reading a book aloud to them that models it for them isn't what I'd like to do as a teacher. I won't be reading this book to the class or placing it in my classroom library. They can find it at the public library if they so wish.
What fun to read this again after nearly 40 years!
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.)
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.)
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Statistikker
- Værker
- 35
- Also by
- 6
- Medlemmer
- 30,956
- Popularitet
- #639
- Vurdering
- 4.1
- Anmeldelser
- 595
- ISBN
- 409
- Sprog
- 12
- Udvalgt
- 36
