Barbara Cohen (1) (1932–1992)
Autor/a de Molly's Pilgrim
Per altres autors anomenats Barbara Cohen, vegeu la pàgina de desambiguació.
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Obres de Barbara Cohen
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Coneixement comú
- Altres noms
- Cohen, Barbara Nash
Kauder, Barbara (birth name) - Data de naixement
- 1932-03-15
- Data de defunció
- 1992-11-29
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Somerville, New Jersey, USA
- Educació
- Somerville High School
Barnard College (AB, magna cum laude|English)
Rutgers University - Professions
- children's book author
teacher
short-story writer
columnist - Organitzacions
- SAAS
- Premis i honors
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Biografia breu
- Barbara Kauder said she started writing as soon as she could hold a pencil. Her father died when she was young, and her mother supported the family by turning a rundown hotel into a successful business. After Somerville High School, Barbara attended Barnard College, from which she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor's degree in English. She began her writing career with a personal column in her stepfather's weekly newspapers. In 1954, she married Gene Cohen, with whom she had three daughters. Her husband joined her mother in running the family inn, while Barbara earned a master's degree from Rutgers University and taught high school English. She was active in local community and Jewish life, and wrote a column called "Books and Things" for New Jersey newspapers. At age 39, Barbara Cohen published her first book for children, The Carp in the Bathtub (1972). The acclaim it received inspired her to stop teaching and start writing full-time. The book became a modern classic that has been translated into many languages. Barbara Cohen wrote a total of 32 books for children and young adults, many of them based on Jewish life and the universal problems of separation, loss, and the fears of growing up. Unicorns in the Rain (1982), a futuristic fantasy based on the Noah story, demonstrated her concern about the rising violence in society. Molly’s Pilgrim (1985), one of her best-loved tales, portrays a young Russian Jewish immigrant who shows her class the real meaning of Thanksgiving and religious freedom. The 1986 film version, frequently shown on television at holiday time, won an Academy Award for Live Short Subject. (Barbara played the crossing guard in one scene in the film.) In 1982, the Association of Jewish Libraries honored Barbara Cohen’s contribution to Jewish children’s literature with the AJL Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award. Some of her books were published posthumously following her death from cancer in 1992.
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Ressenyes
Llistes
Five star books (1)
Sonlight Books (1)
Bullies (1)
1980s (1)
Autumn books (1)
Reading Rainbow (1)
Female Author (1)
Premis
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Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 38
- Membres
- 5,813
- Popularitat
- #4,237
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 89
- ISBN
- 157
- Llengües
- 2
- Preferit
- 1
The author definitely didn't understand the subtext she was putting down, the speed it was squashed. I would bet it's actually anachronistic that none of these rich boys has ever heard of homosexuality, although I don't have citations for this.
I found the beginning slow but it sped up considerably. Instead of discovering magic powers, the characters are learning about the obscure and mystical powers of capitalism. Not interesting to me at all, personally, but I thought it was well done - it's clear what Buran/Nasir likes about it.
It's interesting how learning Arabic has changed how I see some stylistic translation choices! "O my father" sounds super formal in English, at least in part because it's so polysyllablic, but when it's a literal translation of "ya abbi" and you know that ya is an indispensable part of speech, you can see how it could actually be just a normal and familiar way to talk.… (més)