Cornelia Meigs (1884–1973)
Författare till Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women
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A Critical History of Children's Literature: A Survey of Children's Books in English. Prepared in Four Parts (1953) 46 exemplar
Young Americans: How History Looked to Them While It Was In the Making, A Collection of Stories (1936) 15 exemplar
Call of the Mountain 6 exemplar
Rain on the roof 3 exemplar
The Hill of Adventure 1 exemplar
1939 FIRST EDITION WIND IN THE CHIMNEY CORNELIA MEIGS ILLUSTRATED [Hardcover] CORNELIA MEIGS 1 exemplar
Island of Appledore, The (reprint from 1917) 1 exemplar
Early Days with Invincible Louisa 1 exemplar
Railroad West: A Novel 1 exemplar
An Old-Fashioned Girl 1 exemplar
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Stories for girls — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
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Allmänna fakta
- Andra namn
- Aldon, Adair
Meigs, Cornelia Lynde - Födelsedag
- 1884-12-06
- Avled
- 1973-09-10
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Rock Island, Illinois, USA
- Dödsort
- Havre De Grace, Maryland, USA
- Bostadsorter
- Davenport, Iowa, USA
Keokuk, Iowa, USA
Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
Brandon, Vermont, USA - Utbildning
- Bryn Mawr College (AB|1908)
- Yrken
- professor
historian of children's literature
literary critic
writer of children's books - Priser och utmärkelser
- Newbery Medal 1934
Newbery Honor Medal 1922, 1928, 1933
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award - Kort biografi
- Cornelia Lynde Meigs was the fifth daughter of six children. She attended Bryn Mawr College and after graduating in 1908, she taught English at St. Katharine’s School in Davenport, Iowa, until 1913. While in Davenport, she wrote her first book, The Kingdom of the Winding Road, a collection of fairy tales. She frequently submitted short stories and plays for publication and wrote many of her books under the pseudonym Adair Aldon. In 1932, Meigs joined the faculty of the English department at Bryn Mawr, teaching English composition and creative writing until 1950 and eventually rising to the rank of full professor. She also served as a civilian employee of the U.S. War Department from 1942 to 1945.
Professor Meigs became an acknowledged authority on children’s literature, which was then becoming a new specialty. She wrote more than 40 books for young people, often with her students and nieces and nephews in mind. Her biography of Louisa May Alcott, Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women, received much critical acclaim. Prof. Meigs received numerous awards throughout her extensive writing career, including a Drama League prize in 1915 for her play The Steadfast Princess; three Newbery Honor Medals for her fiction; and the Newbery Medal for her Alcott biography.
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- 45
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- 7
- Medlemmar
- 3,133
- Popularitet
- #8,149
- Betyg
- 4.0
- Recensioner
- 32
- ISBN
- 73
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