George Selden (1929–1989)
Författare till The Cricket in Times Square
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George Selden Thompson was born in Hartford, Connecticut on May 14, 1929. He graduated from Yale University in 1951 and studied in Rome for a year on a Fulbright Scholarship. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 15 children's books and 2 plays under the name George Selden. His first book, The visa mer Cricket in Times Square, was published in 1960. It won a John Newbery Medal in 1961 and was made into an animated film in 1973. His other works include Tucker's Countryside, The Old Meadow, and Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse. He died from complications from a gastrointestinal hemorrhage on December 5, 1989 at the age of 60. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Särskiljningsinformation:
(eng) George Selden wrote The Story of Harold, an adult book, under the pseudonym Terry Andrews.
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Verk av George Selden
Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse / Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride (Chester Cricket and His Friends) (2009) 36 exemplar
The Mice The Monks and the Christmas Tree 2 exemplar
The children's story 1 exemplar
I See What I See! 1 exemplar
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- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Thompson, George Selden
- Andra namn
- Andrews, Terry
- Födelsedag
- 1929-05-14
- Avled
- 1989-12-05
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Dödsort
- Greenwich Village, New York, New York, USA
- Bostadsorter
- New York, New York, USA
- Utbildning
- Yale University
Columbia University - Yrken
- writer
- Priser och utmärkelser
- Fulbright Fellowship (1951-1952)
- Särskiljningsnotis
- George Selden wrote The Story of Harold, an adult book, under the pseudonym Terry Andrews.
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