E. B. White (1899–1985)
Autor/a de Charlotte's Web
Sobre l'autor
Born in Mount Vernon, New York, E. B. White was educated at Cornell University and served as a private in World War I. After several years as a journalist, he joined the staff of the New Yorker, then in its infancy. For 11 years he wrote most of the "Talk of the Town" columns, and it was White and mostra'n més James Thurber who can be credited with setting the style and attitude of the magazine. In 1938 he retired to a saltwater farm in Maine, where he wrote essays regularly for Harper's Magazine under the title "One Man's Meat." Like Thoreau, White preferred the woods; he also resembled Thoreau in his impatience and indignation. White received several prizes: in 1960, the gold medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters; in 1963, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award (he was honored along with Thornton Wilder and Edmund Wilson); and in 1978, a special Pulitzer Prize. His verse is original and witty but with serious undertones. His friend James Thurber described him as "a poet who loves to live half-hidden from the eye." Three of his books have become children's classics: Stuart Little (1945), about a mouse born into a human family, Charlotte's Web (1952), about a spider who befriends a lonely pig, and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). Among his best-known and most widely used books is The Elements of Style (1959), a guide to grammar and rhetoric based on a text written by one of his professors at Cornell, William Strunk, which White revised and expanded. White was married to Katherine Angell, the first fiction editor of the New Yorker. (Bowker Author Biography) Elwyn Brooks White was born on July 11, 1899, in Mt. Vernon, New York. After graduating from Cornell University, he worked briefly for an advertising agency and as a newspaper reporter before joining the staff of The New Yorker magazine in 1927. As a columnist for The New Yorker and a contributor to Harper's Magazine, White established a reputation as a prose stylist of exceptional elegance, clarity and wit. His interests, as reflected in his writing, were numerous and varied; his essays touched on such wide-ranging subjects as politics, farm animals, and life in New York City. White married Katharine S. Angell in 1929. They had one son, and in 1957 the family left New York for a farm in North Brookline, Maine. Writings from The New Yorker, 1927-1976 is a compilation of columns and essays produced during White's long relationship with the magazine. One Man's Meat, published in 1942, is a collection of his writings for Harper's. White adapted a short guide to English grammar and usage, The Elements of Style, from a college text written by one of his professors at Cornell, William Strunk Jr. It has sold millions of copies since it was first published in 1959 and has become a cherished resource for guidance in writing. White also co-authored Is Sex Necessary? with the humorist James Thurber, a fellow staff member at The New Yorker. E.B. White died on October 1, 1985 after succumbing to Alzheimer's. His diverse legacy also includes three children's books: Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, and The Trumpet of the Swan. In 1970 the American Library Association presented White the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award in recognition of his "substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children." He was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 and received a special Pulitzer Prize citation for his body of work in 1970. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Obres de E. B. White
The Wild Flag: Editorials from The New Yorker on Federal World Government and Other Matters (1946) 41 exemplars
Chickens, Gin, and a Maine Friendship: The Correspondence of E. B. White and Edmund Ware Smith (2020) 38 exemplars
In the Words of E. B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers (2011) 22 exemplars
Newbery Award Favorite Library 8 Book Box Set : Charlotte's Web, The One and Only Ivan, Ella Enchanted, Dragonwings (2020) — Col·laborador — 12 exemplars
Joseline Compatible with Apple Watch Magnetic Wireless Charger Pad Charging Cable Cord Compatible with Apple Watch… 10 exemplars
The Door 8 exemplars
Death of a Pig 6 exemplars
THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE. WITH REVISIONS, AN INTROD., AND A CHAPTER ON WRITING BY E. B. WHITE (1972) 3 exemplars
Stuart Little 3 exemplars
W.Strunk.'s E. B. White's The Elements of Style (The Elements of Style: 50th Anniversary Edition… (2008) 3 exemplars
Charlotte's Web ... E. B. White 1952 3 exemplars
Reading room 3 exemplars
The Elements of Reasoning 2 exemplars
The Points of My Compass 2 exemplars
Charlotte's Web - Book and DVD 1 exemplars
Les aventures de Narcisse 1 exemplars
ORUMCEK AGI 1 exemplars
Cleopatra: The Life of an Egyptian Queen 1 exemplars
The tumpet of the swan 1 exemplars
TheTrumpet of the Swan 1 exemplars
Stuart Little - Abridged 1 exemplars
Panza Charlottei 1 exemplars
No Dummy 1 exemplars
Stuart Little : Teacher's Guide 1 exemplars
סטיוארט קטינא 1 exemplars
A Letter From E. B. White 1 exemplars
Topics : our new countryman at the U.N. 1 exemplars
Paul Bunyan, the Mightiest Logger of Them All 1 exemplars
Irtnog 1 exemplars
The Hour of Letdown 1 exemplars
The geese 1 exemplars
Tela Di Carlotta 1 exemplars
Qui New York 1 exemplars
Letters of E. B. White 1 exemplars
The trumpet of the swan 1 exemplars
The Morning of the Day they Did It {short story} 1 exemplars
Charlotte's Web- "DVD" Movie 1 exemplars
Til Death Do Us Part 1 exemplars
Rare - Charlotte's Web & Other Classics by White Illustrated New Sealed Leather Bound (1777) 1 exemplars
Charlotte và Wilbur 1 exemplars
Essays of E. B. White 1 exemplars
HLe Iavventure di Stuart Little 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker (2001) — Col·laborador — 706 exemplars
A Patriot's Handbook: Songs, Poems, Stories and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Love (2003) — algunes edicions — 489 exemplars
Reporting World War II Part One : American Journalism, 1938-1944 (1995) — Col·laborador — 437 exemplars
Reporting World War II Part Two : American Journalism 1944-1946 (1995) — Col·laborador — 388 exemplars
The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion (2011) — Col·laborador — 244 exemplars
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Col·laborador — 131 exemplars
Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement (2001) — Col·laborador — 90 exemplars
The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present (2020) — Col·laborador — 81 exemplars
The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories (2002) — Col·laborador — 77 exemplars
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1959) — Col·laborador — 55 exemplars
Published and Perished: Memoria, Eulogies, and Remembrances of American Writers (2002) — Col·laborador — 37 exemplars
In Search of the Simple Life: American Voices, Past and Present (1986) — Col·laborador — 35 exemplars
Charlotte's Web - 3 Movie Collection (Charlotte's Web/Charlotte's Web -Animation/Charlotte's Web 2 - Animation) (2012) — Original book — 10 exemplars
Ten Years of Holiday: Selected by the Editors of Holiday Magazine (1956) — Col·laborador — 8 exemplars
Contemporary Short Stories: Representative Selections, Volume 3 — Col·laborador — 6 exemplars
Furrow's End: An Anthology of Great Farm Stories — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
Contos Dramáticos — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- White, Elwyn Brooks
- Data de naixement
- 1899-07-11
- Data de defunció
- 1985-10-01
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Brooklin Cemetery, Brooklin, Maine, USA
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- País (per posar en el mapa)
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Mount Vernon, New York, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- North Brooklin, Maine, USA
- Causa de la mort
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Llocs de residència
- Seattle, Washington, USA
New York, New York, USA - Educació
- Cornell University (AB|1921)
- Professions
- journalist
writer - Relacions
- White, Katharine S. (spouse)
Angell, Roger (stepson)
Thurber, James (friend)
Strunk, William (mentor) - Organitzacions
- Harper's Magazine
The New Yorker
United States Army - Premis i honors
- Pulitzer Prize (Special Citation, 1978)
Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (1970)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (1963)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1962)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal (1960)
Membres
Converses
Thornwillow Charlotte’s Web a Fine Press Forum (octubre 2023)
October 2015: E.B. White a Monthly Author Reads (desembre 2017)
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1940s (1)
BBC Big Read (1)
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Read (1)
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BBC Big Read (1)
Childhood books (2)
Folio Society (2)
Elevenses (2)
4th Grade Books (3)
Ambleside Books (2)
Writing (1)
1970s (4)
Unread books (1)
1950s (1)
Books I've Read (1)
Robin (1)
Food Fiction (1)
Newbery Adjacent (1)
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 95
- També de
- 72
- Membres
- 93,094
- Popularitat
- #100
- Valoració
- 4.1
- Ressenyes
- 1,587
- ISBN
- 663
- Llengües
- 22
- Preferit
- 91