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 vis mere 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) vis mindre
Værker af E. B. White
The Points of My Compass: Letter from the East, the West, the North, the South (1961) 176 eksemplarer
The Wild Flag: Editorials from The New Yorker on Federal World Government and Other Matters (1946) 41 eksemplarer
Chickens, Gin, and a Maine Friendship: The Correspondence of E. B. White and Edmund Ware Smith (2020) 38 eksemplarer
In the Words of E. B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers (2011) 22 eksemplarer
Newbery Award Favorite Library 8 Book Box Set : Charlotte's Web, The One and Only Ivan, Ella Enchanted, Dragonwings (2020) — Bidragyder — 12 eksemplarer
Joseline Compatible with Apple Watch Magnetic Wireless Charger Pad Charging Cable Cord Compatible with Apple Watch… 10 eksemplarer
The Door 8 eksemplarer
Death of a Pig 6 eksemplarer
THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE. WITH REVISIONS, AN INTROD., AND A CHAPTER ON WRITING BY E. B. WHITE (1972) 3 eksemplarer
Stuart Little 3 eksemplarer
W.Strunk.'s E. B. White's The Elements of Style (The Elements of Style: 50th Anniversary Edition… (2008) 3 eksemplarer
Charlotte's Web ... E. B. White 1952 3 eksemplarer
Reading room 3 eksemplarer
The Elements of Reasoning 2 eksemplarer
The Points of My Compass 2 eksemplarer
Charlotte's Web - Book and DVD 1 eksemplar
Les aventures de Narcisse 1 eksemplar
ORUMCEK AGI 1 eksemplar
Cleopatra: The Life of an Egyptian Queen 1 eksemplar
The tumpet of the swan 1 eksemplar
TheTrumpet of the Swan 1 eksemplar
Stuart Little - Abridged 1 eksemplar
Panza Charlottei 1 eksemplar
No Dummy 1 eksemplar
Stuart Little : Teacher's Guide 1 eksemplar
סטיוארט קטינא 1 eksemplar
A Letter From E. B. White 1 eksemplar
Topics : our new countryman at the U.N. 1 eksemplar
Paul Bunyan, the Mightiest Logger of Them All 1 eksemplar
Irtnog 1 eksemplar
The Hour of Letdown 1 eksemplar
The geese 1 eksemplar
Tela Di Carlotta 1 eksemplar
Qui New York 1 eksemplar
Letters of E. B. White 1 eksemplar
The trumpet of the swan 1 eksemplar
The Morning of the Day they Did It {short story} 1 eksemplar
Charlotte's Web- "DVD" Movie 1 eksemplar
Til Death Do Us Part 1 eksemplar
Rare - Charlotte's Web & Other Classics by White Illustrated New Sealed Leather Bound (1777) 1 eksemplar
Charlotte và Wilbur 1 eksemplar
Essays of E. B. White 1 eksemplar
HLe Iavventure di Stuart Little 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker (2001) — Bidragyder — 706 eksemplarer
A Patriot's Handbook: Songs, Poems, Stories and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Love (2003) — nogle udgaver — 489 eksemplarer
Reporting World War II Part One : American Journalism, 1938-1944 (1995) — Bidragyder — 437 eksemplarer
Reporting World War II Part Two : American Journalism 1944-1946 (1995) — Bidragyder — 388 eksemplarer
The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion (2011) — Bidragyder — 244 eksemplarer
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Bidragyder — 131 eksemplarer
Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement (2001) — Bidragyder — 90 eksemplarer
The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present (2020) — Bidragyder — 81 eksemplarer
The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories (2002) — Bidragyder — 77 eksemplarer
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1959) — Bidragyder — 55 eksemplarer
Published and Perished: Memoria, Eulogies, and Remembrances of American Writers (2002) — Bidragyder — 37 eksemplarer
In Search of the Simple Life: American Voices, Past and Present (1986) — Bidragyder — 35 eksemplarer
Charlotte's Web - 3 Movie Collection (Charlotte's Web/Charlotte's Web -Animation/Charlotte's Web 2 - Animation) (2012) — Original book — 10 eksemplarer
Ten Years of Holiday: Selected by the Editors of Holiday Magazine (1956) — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
Contemporary Short Stories: Representative Selections, Volume 3 — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer
Furrow's End: An Anthology of Great Farm Stories — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Contos Dramáticos — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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Almen Viden
- Juridisk navn
- White, Elwyn Brooks
- Fødselsdato
- 1899-07-11
- Dødsdag
- 1985-10-01
- Begravelsessted
- Brooklin Cemetery, Brooklin, Maine, USA
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Land (til kort)
- USA
- Fødested
- Mount Vernon, New York, USA
- Dødssted
- North Brooklin, Maine, USA
- Dødsårsag
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Bopæl
- Seattle, Washington, USA
New York, New York, USA - Uddannelse
- Cornell University (AB|1921)
- Erhverv
- journalist
writer - Relationer
- White, Katharine S. (spouse)
Angell, Roger (stepson)
Thurber, James (friend)
Strunk, William (mentor) - Organisationer
- Harper's Magazine
The New Yorker
United States Army - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- 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)
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Thornwillow Charlotte’s Web i Fine Press Forum (oktober 2023)
October 2015: E.B. White i Monthly Author Reads (december 2017)
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