Jan Wahl (1933–2019)
Autor(a) de Humphrey's Bear
About the Author
Jan Wahl was born in Columbus, Ohio on April 1, 1931. He received a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1953 and a master's degree from the University of Michigan in 1958. He worked with director Carl T. Dreyer on the film Ordet. He was also the secretary for author Isak Dinesen but was mostrar mais fired for misspelling two words. His first children's book, Pleasant Fieldmouse, was published in 1964. He went on to write more than 100 books for children including Humphrey's Bear, Furious Flycycle, How the Children Stopped the Wars, I Met a Dinosaur, The Fieldmouse and the Dinosaur Named Sue, The Art Collector, and Hedy and Her Amazing Invention. He received numerous awards including the Bologna (Italy) Book Fair Young Critic's Prize in 1969, the Ohioana Book Award in 1970, the Parents Choice Award in 1987, the Redbook Award in 1987, the Christopher Medal in 1987, and the Coretta Scott King recognition in 1992. He died of prostate cancer on January 29, 2019 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Jan Boyer Wahl/from Wikipedia page
Séries
Obras por Jan Wahl
Sos Bobomobile or the Further Adventures of Melvin Spitznagle and Professor Mick (1973) 11 exemplares
Carl Theodor Dreyer and Ordet: My Summer with the Danish Filmmaker (Screen Classics) (2012) 5 exemplares
Emily and the Snowflake 3 exemplares
May Horses 2 exemplares
The fishermen 1 exemplar
The Beast Book 1 exemplar
Doctor Rabbit 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Wahl, Jan Boyer
- Data de nascimento
- 1933-04-01
- Data de falecimento
- 2019-01-29
- Sexo
- male
- Local de nascimento
- Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Toledo, Ohio, USA
- Educação
- Cornell University (BA - English)
University of Copenhagen (Fulbright scholar)
University of Michigan (MA - English Literature)
Thomas A. DeVilbiss High School - Ocupações
- children's book author
memoirist - Relações
- Wahl, Robert C. (sibling)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 124
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 2,715
- Popularidade
- #9,464
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 40
- ISBN
- 251
- Línguas
- 5