Jean Merrill (January 27, 1923 - August 2, 2012) is an American author for children's books and editors, best known for The Pushcart War, a novel published on in 1964. He died of cancer at his home in Randolph, Vermont, in 2012, was 89 years old.
Video Jean Merrill
Kehidupan awal
Merrill was born on January 27, 1923, in Rochester, New York, to Earl and Elsie Almetta Merrill. He grew up on the shores of Lake Ontario in Webster, New York (now a Rochester suburb). Merrill received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Theater in 1944 from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He received his master's degree from Wellesley College in 1945.
Maps Jean Merrill
Editor
After leaving Wellesley, Merrill was an editor for the Scholastic Magazine from 1945 to 1949. He was later edited in the Literal Cavalcade from 1950 to 1957. Beginning in 1952, Merrill held a Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Madras in India. His folklore studies in India will lead him to write stories based on Asian folklore: Lucky Knife Shan (1960, based on Burmese folklore), The Superlative Horse (1961, based on story the Chinese people), and The Girl Who Loves the Caterpillars (1992, based on the Japanese story). From 1965 to 1971, Merrill worked as an editor and consultant at the Bank Street College of Education Publishing Division.
Writer
Merrill began writing books while working at the Literal Cavalcade, including Henry, The Hand-Painted Mouse <1951) and The Woover (1952). Merrill received the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1963 for the The Superlative Horse .
In 1964, Merrill published his most famous work, The Pushcart War, in which he won the second Carung Carroll Award, in 1965. Set in New York, this book was written in the style of historical reports from the time ahead, looking back over the previous events of the class war struggle between the trucking company and the owner of the wheelbarrow. Alberta Eiseman of The New York Times wrote that "it is very rare to find books for young people with both angles and silly feelings." This book has been re-published several times, with custom dates fixed in the future. In 2006, a musical adaptation was presented by Edric Haleen in Holt, Michigan.
Merrill published The Black Sheep in 1969. In the New York Times Book Review, Natalie Babbitt wrote that "Her dress is a satisfying sandwich in which peanut butter, sticky and nutritious , sliding down easily due to the wise use of jelly. "This was followed in 1972 by The Toothpaste Millionaire Set in Cleveland, this story tells how a Caucasian sixth-grade girl who recently moved into town became friends with her neighbor and her classmate, an African- America, and became rich by selling their homemade toothpaste.In 1974, a special event in the late afternoon on ABC was based on the Millionaire Toothpaste. The Millionaire Toothpaste was used in [ classes to integrate lessons from a number of different subject areas: entrepreneurship, marketing, toothpaste, and racial-related social issues in story setting.
In 1992, Merrill published The Girl Who Loves Caterpillars , based on a 12th century Japanese story. In accordance with the original manuscript, which has finally disappeared, the story ends abruptly.
The book had a big impact on Merrill as a child, which motivated him to try to write children's stories that would have the same effect. His books often illustrate the universal human values ​​that serve to resolve conflict.
Most of his books are illustrated by his friend over 50 years, Ronni Solbert.
Bibliography
- Henry, The Hand-Painted Mouse. New York: Coward-McCann, 1951.
- The Woover. New York: Coward-McCann, 1952.
- Square. New York: Coward-McCann, 1953.
- Lucky Knife Shan: The Burmese Story. New York: W.R. Scott, 1960.
- Superlative Horse: The Story of Ancient China. New York: W.R. Scott, 1961.
- Pushcart War New York: W.R. Scott, 1964.
- Marco's journey. New York: Knopf Book for Young Readers, 1965
- The elephant who likes to destroy a small car. New York: Pantheon, 1967.
- The Black Sheep. New York: Pantheon, 1969.
- Pasta Gigi Millionaire. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972.
- Seraphina: and Edwardian Love Story. Ivy Books, 1980.
- Girl Loving the Report: The Twentieth Century Story from Japan. New York: HarperCollins, 1992.
Also see
Note
Reference
- Babbitt, Natalie. Reverend The Black Sheep, by Jean Merrill. The New York Times Book Review 26 Oct 1969: 42.
- Boegehold, Betty. "Merrill, Jean (Fairbanks)". St. James Guide to Children Writers . 5th edition. Eds. Sara Pendergast & amp; Tom Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 1999. 742-44.
- Eiseman, Alberta. Rev. The Pushcart War, by Jean Merrill. The New York Times July 12, 1964: BR18.
- Rev. The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars, by Jean Merrill. Kirkus Review (15 Sep 1992): 1191.
- Rev. The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars, by Jean Merrill. Weekly Publishers (Oct. 12, 1992): 78.
- Haviland, Virginia. Pastor The Toothpaste Millionaire, by Jean Merrill. The Horn Book Magazine (Oct 1974): 137.
- Hearne, Betsy. Reverend The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars, by Jean Merrill. Center Bulletin for Children's Books (Nov 1992): 82.
- Hughes, Mike. " War Duel Carriage Debuts at the Holt High Auditorium". Lansing State Journal July 26, 2006: 1D.
- "Jean (Fairbanks) Merrill". The Gale Literary Database: Contemporary Online Authors. 13 February 2001. 24 November 2006. & lt; http://www.galenet.com>.
- McClelland, Kate. Reverend The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars, by Jean Merrill. School Library Journal (Sep. 1992): 269.
- "New Fiction from our Autumn List". Times Literary Supplement Nov. 23, 1973: 1428.
- Perrin, Noel. "The Harder They Fall". Rev. The Pushcart War, by Jean Merrill. The Washington Post January 14, 1990: x11.
- Rev. Pasta Dental Millionaire, by Jean Merrill. Book List (July 15, 1974): 1254.
- Viguers, Ruth Hill. Rev. The Pushcart War, by Jean Merrill. The Horn Book Magazine (August 1964): 378.
External links
- Jean Merrill at the Library of Congress Authorities - with 29 catalog notes
Source of the article : Wikipedia
0 Comments