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Karen Cushman

Autor/a de El Llibre de la Catherine

13+ obres 13,978 Membres 338 Ressenyes 15 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Karen Cushman was born on October 4, 1941 and grew up in a working-class family in Chicago, but never put much thought into becoming a writer. Though she wrote poetry and plays as a child, Cushman didn't begin writing professionally for young adults until she was fifty. She holds an MA in both mostra'n més Human Behavior and Museum Studies. Cushman has always been interested in history. It was this interest that led her to her research into medieval England and its culture, which led to both Catherine, Called Birdy, a Newbery Honor Book, and The Midwife's Apprentice, her second book and winner of the prestigious Newbery Award in 1996. Both Catherine, Called Birdy and The Midwife's Apprentice have earned many awards and honors including the Gold Kite Award for Fiction from the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and was chosen as one of School Library Journal's Best Books of the Year. Cushman's work has also been recognized for excellence by Horn Book, Parenting Magazine, Hungry Mind Review, and the American Library Association. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Author Karen Cushman at the 2016 Texas Book Festival. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53330002

Obres de Karen Cushman

El Llibre de la Catherine (1994) 5,349 exemplars
The Midwife's Apprentice (1995) 4,391 exemplars
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (1996) — Autor — 1,345 exemplars
Matilda Bone (2000) 1,050 exemplars
Rodzina (2003) 653 exemplars
Alchemy and Meggy Swann (2010) 472 exemplars
Will Sparrow's Road (2012) 176 exemplars
Grayling's Song (2016) 143 exemplars
War and Millie McGonigle (2021) 45 exemplars

Obres associades

Colman (2004) — Introducció, algunes edicions340 exemplars
Totally Middle School: Tales of Friends, Family, and Fitting In (2018) — Col·laborador — 17 exemplars

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Coneixement comú

Data de naixement
1941-10-04
Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
USA
Lloc de naixement
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Llocs de residència
Vashon Island, Washington, USA
Educació
Stanford University (MA - Human Behavior, MA - Museum Studies)
Professions
novelist
adjunct professor
Relacions
Cushman, Philip (husband)
Organitzacions
John F. Kennedy University (Assistant Director - Museum Studies Department)
Biografia breu
According to Karen Cushman's web site: When I was little, my Polish grandpa took me for walks through the alleys of Chicago. I would collect treasures — rubber bands and marbles, perfectly good pencils, maple leaves and robins’ eggs — and take them home to put in a box under my bed. I think that’s what being a writer is like. The treasures I collect now are bits of information fantasies memories, and imaginings, and I take them and put them in a story.
I write historical fiction, novels that may be about made up characters and events but take place in a real time or place.

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Found: Help find a book a Name that Book (març 2022)

Ressenyes

A finals del segle XIII una noia de 14 anys, filla de nobles, es hija de una familia noble que reside en Stonebridge, en el condado de Lincoln, Inglaterra, comença un diari a instàncies del seu germà, un monjo que treballa a la biblioteca d’un monestir. Ha aprendido a escribir, algo poco frecuente en las mujeres de su época, gracias a su hermano Edward.Dia a dia, durant un any, la Catherine, la jove protagonista, va relatant al lector la seva vida. Según sus padres, debería comportarse de manera dócil y callada, dedicarse a coser y acceptar el marido que elija su padre. Sin embargo,Catherine se rebela contra ese destino aburrido y decide espantar a todos los candidatos a novio que sus padres le buscan, lo que genera unas divertidísimas anécdotas que, fielmente, quedan plasmadas en su diario. A partir de fets quotidians, de vegades insignificants i anecdòtics, l’autora recrea l’època, marcada per les festes religioses i els cicles agrícoles, i el pas de la vida infantil a la vida adulta. Relat molt fresc, escrit en primera persona i amb una història focalitzada a través dels ulls de la protagonista. L’estil és àgil, marcat per cadascun dels dies, i amb un discurs on predomina de forma clara la narració. Per a nois i noies a partir de 13 anys.… (més)
 
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neus.bertomeu | Hi ha 83 ressenyes més | Jul 8, 2009 |

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Obres
13
També de
2
Membres
13,978
Popularitat
#1,647
Valoració
½ 3.7
Ressenyes
338
ISBN
254
Llengües
12
Preferit
15

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