E. L. Konigsburg (1930–2013)
Auteur de From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
Crédit image: Ron Kunzman/Simon & Schuster, via Associated Press
Séries
Œuvres de E. L. Konigsburg
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth (1967) — Artiste de la couverture, quelques éditions; Illustrateur, quelques éditions — 1,307 exemplaires, 25 critiques
The E. L. Konigsburg Collection: Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth; The View from… (2007) 95 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Mask Beneath the Face: Reading About and With, Writing About and For Children (1990) 10 exemplaires
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler [1973 film] (1973) — Novel — 9 exemplaires, 1 critique
The E.L. Konigsburg Collection: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler; Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth,… (2016) 6 exemplaires
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg, and the Whipping Boy (2009) 3 exemplaires
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth: Novel-Ties Study Guide (1993) 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Princesse Sara [Edition Luxe, illustrée par Nathalie Novi] (1911) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 36,077 exemplaires, 559 critiques
When I Was Your Age, Volume Two: Original Stories About Growing Up (1999) — Contributeur — 92 exemplaires, 2 critiques
Scholastic Book Clubs Chapters - A Special Sampling of Novels By Newbery Authors (2001) — Contributeur — 16 exemplaires, 1 critique
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Konigsburg, Elaine Lobl
- Date de naissance
- 1930-02-10
- Date de décès
- 2013-04-19
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- New York City, New York, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Jacksonville, Florida, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA
Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Farrell, Pennsylvania, USA
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Port Chester, New York, USA - Études
- Carnegie Mellon University (Chemistry)
University of Pittsburgh - Professions
- author
illustrator
bookkeeper
teacher - Relations
- Konigsburg, David (husband)
- Prix et distinctions
- Lewis Carroll Shelf Award 1968
William Allen White Children's Book Award 1970
Regina Medal (2001)
Membres
Discussions
YA Modern Fiction à Name that Book (Juillet 2016)
What Are You Reading the Week of 7 February 2014? à What Are You Reading Now? (Février 2015)
Book read in elementry school 2nd-5th grade child locked in museum à Name that Book (Mars 2009)
Critiques
Listes
Overdue Podcast (1)
scav (1)
Five star books (1)
Sonlight Books (6)
1960s (1)
Newbery Adjacent (1)
Best Young Adult (1)
Witchy Fiction (1)
Books for Tori (1)
Urban Fiction (1)
Female Author (1)
Elevenses (2)
Comfort Reads (1)
1970s (1)
Favourite Books (1)
Tagged Runaways (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 35
- Aussi par
- 6
- Membres
- 31,433
- Popularité
- #627
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 595
- ISBN
- 411
- Langues
- 14
- Favoris
- 37
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