E. B. White (1899–1985)
Auteur de Le Petit Monde de Charlotte
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
Œuvres de E. B. White
Charlotte's Web - Stuart Little - The Trumpet of the Swan : The E. B. White Collection (1993) 3,038 exemplaires, 36 critiques
Onward and Upward in the Garden (1979) — Directeur de publication; Introduction — 490 exemplaires, 8 critiques
The Points of My Compass: Letter from the East, the West, the North, the South (2000) 183 exemplaires, 3 critiques
The Wild Flag: Editorials from The New Yorker on Federal World Government and Other Matters (1946) 43 exemplaires
Chickens, Gin, and a Maine Friendship: The Correspondence of E. B. White and Edmund Ware Smith (2020) 42 exemplaires, 2 critiques
In the Words of E. B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers (2011) 23 exemplaires, 2 critiques
Newbery Award Favorite Library 8 Book Box Set : Charlotte's Web, The One and Only Ivan, Ella Enchanted, Dragonwings (2020) — Contributeur — 14 exemplaires
Joseline Compatible with Apple Watch Magnetic Wireless Charger Pad Charging Cable Cord Compatible with Apple Watch… 10 exemplaires
THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE. WITH REVISIONS, AN INTROD., AND A CHAPTER ON WRITING BY E. B. WHITE (1972) 7 exemplaires
Death of a Pig 6 exemplaires
W.Strunk.'s E. B. White's The Elements of Style (The Elements of Style: 50th Anniversary Edition… (2008) 3 exemplaires
Reading room 3 exemplaires
The Points of My Compass 2 exemplaires
The geese 2 exemplaires
The Elements of Reasoning 2 exemplaires
Irtnog 1 exemplaire
Cleopatra: The Life of an Egyptian Queen 1 exemplaire
No Dummy 1 exemplaire
Panza Charlottei 1 exemplaire
Stuart Little - Abridged 1 exemplaire
Les aventures de Narcisse 1 exemplaire
E. B. White Special Full Color Edition Set ( Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan ) 1 exemplaire
Rare - Charlotte's Web & Other Classics by White Illustrated New Sealed Leather Bound (1777) 1 exemplaire, 1 critique
The Morning of the Day they Did It {short story} 1 exemplaire
The Hour of Letdown 1 exemplaire
Paul Bunyan, the Mightiest Logger of Them All 1 exemplaire
Tela Di Carlotta 1 exemplaire
Qui New York 1 exemplaire
Stuart Little : Teacher's Guide 1 exemplaire
A Letter From E. B. White 1 exemplaire
Letters of E. B. White 1 exemplaire
Charlotte's Web- "DVD" Movie 1 exemplaire
Topics : our new countryman at the U.N. 1 exemplaire
Til Death Do Us Part 1 exemplaire
סטיוארט קטינא 1 exemplaire
Charlotte's Web - Book and DVD 1 exemplaire
Aucun titre 1 exemplaire
Children's Classic Audio Collection - 10 CDs 1 exemplaire
Letters of E. B. White, Revised Edition 1 exemplaire
HLe Iavventure di Stuart Little 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2000) — Contributeur — 1,585 exemplaires, 10 critiques
Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker (2001) — Contributeur — 717 exemplaires, 6 critiques
A Patriot's Handbook: Songs, Poems, Stories and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Love (2003) — quelques éditions — 505 exemplaires, 5 critiques
The World of the Short Story: A 20th Century Collection (1986) — Contributeur — 465 exemplaires, 4 critiques
Reporting World War II Part One : American Journalism, 1938-1944 (1995) — Contributeur — 446 exemplaires, 3 critiques
American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau (2008) — Contributeur — 423 exemplaires, 1 critique
Reporting World War II Part Two : American Journalism 1944-1946 (1995) — Contributeur — 397 exemplaires, 3 critiques
The Lives and Times of Archy and Mehitabel (1916) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 377 exemplaires, 7 critiques
75 Short Masterpieces: Stories from the World's Literature (1961) — Contributeur — 305 exemplaires, 1 critique
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction [2-volume set] (1959) — Contributeur — 297 exemplaires, 6 critiques
The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion (2011) — Contributeur — 253 exemplaires, 3 critiques
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contributeur — 137 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Owl in the Attic and Other Perplexities (1931) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 108 exemplaires, 1 critique
Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement (2001) — Contributeur — 96 exemplaires
The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present (2020) — Contributeur — 88 exemplaires
The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories (2002) — Contributeur — 78 exemplaires
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1972) — Contributeur — 58 exemplaires
Published and Perished: Memoria, Eulogies, and Remembrances of American Writers (2002) — Contributeur — 40 exemplaires, 1 critique
In Search of the Simple Life: American Voices, Past and Present (1986) — Contributeur — 34 exemplaires
The Best of Both Worlds: An Anthology of Stories for All Ages (1968) — Contributeur — 25 exemplaires, 1 critique
Charlotte's Web - 3 Movie Collection (Charlotte's Web/Charlotte's Web -Animation/Charlotte's Web 2 - Animation) (2013) — Original book — 11 exemplaires, 1 critique
Ten Years of Holiday: Selected by the Editors of Holiday Magazine (1956) — Contributeur — 8 exemplaires
Contemporary Short Stories: Representative Selections, Volume 3 — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
Furrow's End: An Anthology of Great Farm Stories — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Contos Dramáticos — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- White, E. B.
- Nom légal
- White, Elwyn Brooks
- Date de naissance
- 1899-07-11
- Date de décès
- 1985-10-01
- Lieu de sépulture
- Brooklin Cemetery, Brooklin, Maine, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Mount Vernon, New York, USA
- Lieu du décès
- North Brooklin, Maine, USA
- Cause du décès
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Lieux de résidence
- Seattle, Washington, USA
New York, New York, USA - Études
- Cornell University (AB|1921)
- Professions
- journalist
writer - Relations
- White, Katharine S. (spouse)
Angell, Roger (stepson)
Thurber, James (friend)
Strunk, William (mentor) - Organisations
- Harper's Magazine
The New Yorker
United States Army (WWI) - Prix et distinctions
- 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)
Membres
Discussions
Thornwillow Charlotte’s Web à Fine Press Forum (Août 17)
October 2015: E.B. White à Monthly Author Reads (Décembre 2017)
Critiques
The Elements of Style par William Strunk Jr.
A great book for editors and grammarians...but some of it is just hogwash. Some of the items Strunk includes here may be "correct," but I found the descriptivist in me coming out. Funniest one: "Inflammabale" means easily set on fire. If you see something that says "flammable" and you know it will explode if you put a match to it, you can have a quiet little grammarian laugh to yourself.
I enjoyed reading this book, I thought the story was cute and perfect for children. This book explores adventures and friendship. I also liked how this book covered being able to overcome difficult situations.
Simple and beautifully written story of the best of humanity in animal form. The unusual friendship between a simple pig and an intelligent spider, written in a way to engage all ages.
Sweet without being in any way saccharin, I found it a great lesson in simple effective writing.
Sweet without being in any way saccharin, I found it a great lesson in simple effective writing.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 94
- Aussi par
- 72
- Membres
- 97,750
- Popularité
- #93
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 1,608
- ISBN
- 663
- Langues
- 22
- Favoris
- 93
