Ruth Krauss (1901–1993)
Autor/a de The Carrot Seed
Sobre l'autor
Ruth Krauss was born on July 25, 1901 in Baltimore, Maryland. She attended the Peabody Institute of Music. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Parsons School of Fine and Applied Art and studied anthropology at Columbia University. In 1941, she married David Johnson Leisk, who wrote and mostra'n més illustrated children's books as Crockett Johnson. They occasionally worked together. Her first book, A Good Man and His Good Wife, was published in 1944. She was credited as being one of the first authors to use minimal text, concentrating on precise language and working closely with an illustrator. She wrote more than 30 children's books during her lifetime including The Carrot Seed, I Can Fly, and A Hole Is to Dig: A First Book of First Definitions. She received the Caldecott Medal for The Happy Day in 1950 and A Very Special House in 1954. She also wrote verse plays and poetry for adults. She died on July 10, 1993 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Obres de Ruth Krauss
The little king, the little queen, the little monster;: And other stories you can make up yourself (1966) 6 exemplars
There's a Little Ambiguity Over There Among the Bluebells and Other Theater Poems (1968) 3 exemplars
Whose Mouse Are You? 2 exemplars
A Hole to Dig 1 exemplars
i can fly 1 exemplars
Il giorno felice. Ediz. illustrata 1 exemplars
If Only 1 exemplars
This Thumbprint 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Telephone #9 — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Telephone #11 — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Krauss, Ruth Ida
- Data de naixement
- 1901-07-25
- Data de defunció
- 1993-07-10
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Westport, Connecticut, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Educació
- Parsons School of Design (BA|1929)
- Professions
- children's book author
poet - Relacions
- Johnson, Crockett (husband)
- Premis i honors
- Caldecott Medal (1950 | 1954)
- Biografia breu
- Ruth Krauss was born in Baltimore, Maryland and graduated from the Parson School of Design in New York City. During the 1940s, she was a member of the Writers' Laboratory at the Bank Street College of Education. In 1943, she married Crockett Johnson, a children's book author and illustrator. They collaborated on many books for children, among them such classics such as The Carrot Seed (1945). Her book A Hole Is to Dig (1952) was illustrated by Maurice Sendak. She produced more than 30 books for children in her career and also wrote poems for an adult audience.
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Five in a Row (1)
Ambleside Books (1)
Premis
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Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 60
- També de
- 8
- Membres
- 9,740
- Popularitat
- #2,450
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 177
- ISBN
- 197
- Llengües
- 11
- Pedres de toc
- 39