Ruth Krauss (1901–1993)
Forfatter af The Carrot Seed
Om forfatteren
Ruth Krauss was born on July 25, 1901 in Baltimore, Maryland. She attended the Peabody Institute of Music. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Parsons School of Fine and Applied Art and studied anthropology at Columbia University. In 1941, she married David Johnson Leisk, who wrote and vis mere illustrated children's books as Crockett Johnson. They occasionally worked together. Her first book, A Good Man and His Good Wife, was published in 1944. She was credited as being one of the first authors to use minimal text, concentrating on precise language and working closely with an illustrator. She wrote more than 30 children's books during her lifetime including The Carrot Seed, I Can Fly, and A Hole Is to Dig: A First Book of First Definitions. She received the Caldecott Medal for The Happy Day in 1950 and A Very Special House in 1954. She also wrote verse plays and poetry for adults. She died on July 10, 1993 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Værker af Ruth Krauss
The little king, the little queen, the little monster;: And other stories you can make up yourself (1966) 6 eksemplarer
There's a Little Ambiguity Over There Among the Bluebells and Other Theater Poems (1968) 3 eksemplarer
Il giorno felice. Ediz. illustrata 1 eksemplar
If Only 1 eksemplar
This Thumbprint 1 eksemplar
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Telephone #9 — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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- Juridisk navn
- Krauss, Ruth Ida
- Fødselsdato
- 1901-07-25
- Dødsdag
- 1993-07-10
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Dødssted
- Westport, Connecticut, USA
- Bopæl
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Uddannelse
- Parsons School of Design (BA|1929)
- Erhverv
- children's book author
poet - Relationer
- Johnson, Crockett (husband)
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Caldecott Medal (1950 | 1954)
- Kort biografi
- Ruth Krauss was born in Baltimore, Maryland and graduated from the Parson School of Design in New York City. During the 1940s, she was a member of the Writers' Laboratory at the Bank Street College of Education. In 1943, she married Crockett Johnson, a children's book author and illustrator. They collaborated on many books for children, among them such classics such as The Carrot Seed (1945). Her book A Hole Is to Dig (1952) was illustrated by Maurice Sendak. She produced more than 30 books for children in her career and also wrote poems for an adult audience.
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- #2,395
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- 200
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