Eva Ibbotson (1925–2010)
Auteur de Le secret du quai 13
A propos de l'auteur
Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, Austria, on January 21, 1925. She graduated from Bedford College, London with a degree in physiology in 1945 and the University of Durham with a degree in education in 1965. Her first book, The Great Ghost Rescue, was published in 1975. She primarily wrote afficher plus children's book and romance novels for adults and young adults. Her other works include The Secret of Platform 13, The Star of Kazan, Which Witch?, Island of the Aunts, Dial-a-Ghost, The Ogre of Oglefort, A Company of Swans, and A Song For Summer. She won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for Journey to the River Sea. She died on October 20, 2010 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Eva Ibbotson
The Secret Countess / A Company of Swans / A Song for Summer / The Morning Gift / Magic Flutes 2 exemplaires
The Great Ghost Rescue / The Secret of Platform 13 / Dial-a-Ghost / The Island of the Aunts / Which Witch? 1 exemplaire
Books 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Manja: The Story of Five Children (1938) — Preface, quelques éditions — 153 exemplaires, 8 critiques
Det Bästas bokval, vol. 218 3 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Ibbotson, Eva
- Nom légal
- Wiesner Ibbotson, Eva Maria Charlotte Michelle
- Date de naissance
- 1925-01-25
- Date de décès
- 2010-10-20
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Austria
UK - Lieu de naissance
- Vienna, Austria
- Lieu du décès
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England, UK
- Cause du décès
- heart attack
- Lieux de résidence
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
London, England, UK
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK - Études
- University of London (BA|1945 - Bedford College, Physiology)
University of Cambridge
University of Durham (Dipl. 1965) - Professions
- teacher
biologist
children's book author - Relations
- Gmeyner, Anna (mother)
Ibbotson, Alan (husband)
Wiesner, Bertold (father) - Prix et distinctions
- Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (2001, 2004)
- Courte biographie
- Eva Ibbotson (born Maria Charlotte Michelle Wiesner, 1925, Vienna, Austria) was a British novelist specializing in romance and children's fantasy. Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1925. When Hitler came into power, Ibbotson's family moved to England. She attended Bedford College, graduating in 1945; Cambridge University from 1946-47; and the University of Durham, from which she graduated with a diploma in education in 1965. Ibbotson had intended to be a physiologist, but was put off by the amount of animal testing that she would have to do. Instead, she married and raised a family, returning to school to become a teacher in the 1960's. Ibbotson was widowed with three sons and a daughter.
Ibottson began writing with the television drama Linda Came Today, in 1965. Ten years later, she published her first novel, The Great Ghost Rescue. Ibbotson has written numerous books including The Secret of Platform 13, Journey to the River Sea, Which Witch?, Island of the Aunts, and Dial-a-Ghost. She won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for Journey to the River Sea, and has been a runner up for many of major awards for British children's literature. The books are imaginative and humorous, and most of them feature magical creatures and places, despite the fact that she disliked thinking about the supernatural, and created the characters because she wanted to decrease her readers' fear of such things. Some of the books, particularly Journey to the River Sea, also reflect Ibbotson's love of nature. Ibbotson wrote this book in honor of her husband (who had died just before she wrote it), a former naturalist. The book had been in her head for years before she actually wrote it. Ibbotson said she dislikes "financial greed and a lust for power" and often creates antagonists in her books who have these characteristics. Some have been struck by the similarity of "Platform 9 3/4" in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books to Ibbotson's The Secret of Platform 13, which came out three years before the first Harry Potter book.
Her love of Austria is evident in works such as The Star Of Kazan and A Song For Summer. These books, set primarily in the Austrian countryside, display the author's love for nature and all things natural.
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Discussions
Found: YA fantasy magical animal sanctuary island à Name that Book (Janvier 2021)
YA: boy befriends ghosts made of ectoplasm who search for new home à Name that Book (Janvier 2013)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 41
- Aussi par
- 7
- Membres
- 20,298
- Popularité
- #1,068
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 501
- ISBN
- 774
- Langues
- 18
- Favoris
- 79
Il nous entraîne à Londres en 1939 où l’on fait la connaissance de Tally, une jeune fille adorable qui vit avec un père médecin, très dévoué à ses patients. Tally s’intéresse au monde et aux gens qui l’entourent et elle est toujours prête à aider les plus démunis qu’elle. En ce début de guerre, la ville est menacée par les bombardements allemands et, comme beaucoup d’enfants, Tally est envoyée dans un collège à la campagne pour y être en sécurité. Le pensionnat de Delderton, où elle va vivre désormais, est une école différente des prestigieuses écoles anglaises, où l’on privilégie avant tout l’épanouissement des enfants, le dialogue avec les adultes, la créativité et le sens de l’initiative. Tally s’y adapte parfaitement et s’y fait des amis.
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