Betsy Byars (1928–2020)
Auteur de The Summer of the Swans
A propos de l'auteur
Betsy Cromer Byars was born in1928. She graduated from Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina. While she was in graduate school, she began writing articles for The Saturday Evening Post and Look. Byars writes novels for young people. She is an expert at tapping in to the pain of adolescence, afficher plus using bits of her own experience to flavor her characters. She is author of more than 60 books and has won numerous awards. Her book about a 14-year-old girl and her mentally retarded brother, The Summer of the Swans (1970), won the Newberry Award as the most distinguished contribution to children's literature that year. Other books include The 18th Emergency (1973), The TV Kid (1976), and After the Goat Man (1995). Betsy Byars died on February 26,2020 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de Betsy Byars
Die Maronis - Eine Mutter wie keine andere - bk1046 2 exemplaires
8 Titles By Betsy Byars : The 18th Emergency The TV Kid Keeper of the Doves The Night Swimmers The Dark Stairs The… 2 exemplaires
Als die Schwäne kamen 2 exemplaires
Die Maronis I. Eine Familie hält zusammen 2 exemplaires
Golly Sisters Set (The Golly Sisters Go West & Hooray for the Golly Sisters) (An I Can Read Book) 2 exemplaires
The Glory Girl by Byars Betsy (1985-05-07) Paperback 1 exemplaire
Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! 1 exemplaire
Winged Colt of Casa Mia, The 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
A Newbery Zoo: A dozen animal stories by Newbery Award-winning authors (1995) — Contributeur — 31 exemplaires
The Illustrated Treasury of Literature/Modern Literature For Children (Boxed Set) (1986) 4 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Byars, Betsy Cromer
- Date de naissance
- 1928-11-07
- Date de décès
- 2020-02-26
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Seneca, South Carolina, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Seneca, South Carolina, USA
Morgantown, West Virginia, USA - Études
- Furman University
Queens College (BA|English, 1950) - Relations
- Myers, Laurie (daughter)
Duffey, Betsy (daughter) - Prix et distinctions
- Regina Medel (lifetime achievement ∙ 1987)
Newbery Medal 1971 - Courte biographie
- Married Ed Byars June 24, 1950, had three daughters and a son.
Membres
Discussions
YA girl watches over developmentally challenged brother à Name that Book (Novembre 2011)
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Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 83
- Aussi par
- 5
- Membres
- 21,073
- Popularité
- #1,025
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 248
- ISBN
- 993
- Langues
- 11
- Favoris
- 4