E. B. White (1899–1985)
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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 mehr anzeigen 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) weniger anzeigen
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The Wild Flag: Editorials from The New Yorker on Federal World Government and Other Matters (1946) 42 Exemplare
Chickens, Gin, and a Maine Friendship: The Correspondence of E. B. White and Edmund Ware Smith (2020) 37 Exemplare
In the Words of E. B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers (2011) 22 Exemplare
Newbery Award Favorite Library 8 Book Box Set : Charlotte's Web, The One and Only Ivan, Ella Enchanted, Dragonwings (2020) — Mitwirkender — 13 Exemplare
Charlotte's Web 10 Exemplare
The Door 8 Exemplare
Death of a Pig 6 Exemplare
THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE. WITH REVISIONS, AN INTROD., AND A CHAPTER ON WRITING BY E. B. WHITE (1972) 5 Exemplare
Charlotte's Web ... E. B. White 1952 4 Exemplare
W.Strunk.'s E. B. White's The Elements of Style (The Elements of Style: 50th Anniversary Edition… (2008) 3 Exemplare
Stuart Little 3 Exemplare
Reading room 3 Exemplare
The Elements of Reasoning 2 Exemplare
The Points of My Compass 2 Exemplare
Les aventures de Narcisse 1 Exemplar
Charlotte's Web - Book and DVD 1 Exemplar
ORUMCEK AGI 1 Exemplar
Cleopatra: The Life of an Egyptian Queen 1 Exemplar
The tumpet of the swan 1 Exemplar
TheTrumpet of the Swan 1 Exemplar
Stuart Little - Abridged 1 Exemplar
Panza Charlottei 1 Exemplar
No Dummy 1 Exemplar
Stuart Little : Teacher's Guide 1 Exemplar
סטיוארט קטינא 1 Exemplar
A Letter From E. B. White 1 Exemplar
Topics : our new countryman at the U.N. 1 Exemplar
Irtnog 1 Exemplar
The Hour of Letdown 1 Exemplar
The geese 1 Exemplar
Tela Di Carlotta 1 Exemplar
Qui New York 1 Exemplar
Letters of E. B. White 1 Exemplar
The trumpet of the swan 1 Exemplar
Charlotte's Web- "DVD" Movie 1 Exemplar
Til Death Do Us Part 1 Exemplar
Rare - Charlotte's Web & Other Classics by White Illustrated New Sealed Leather Bound (1777) 1 Exemplar
Charlotte và Wilbur 1 Exemplar
Essays of E. B. White 1 Exemplar
HLe Iavventure di Stuart Little 1 Exemplar
Zugehörige Werke
Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker (2001) — Mitwirkender — 710 Exemplare
A Patriot's Handbook: Songs, Poems, Stories and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Love (2003) — einige Ausgaben — 490 Exemplare
Reporting World War II Part One : American Journalism, 1938-1944 (1995) — Mitwirkender — 438 Exemplare
Reporting World War II Part Two : American Journalism 1944-1946 (1995) — Mitwirkender — 388 Exemplare
The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion (2011) — Mitwirkender — 245 Exemplare
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Mitwirkender — 132 Exemplare
Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement (2001) — Mitwirkender — 92 Exemplare
The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present (2020) — Mitwirkender — 83 Exemplare
The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories (2002) — Mitwirkender — 77 Exemplare
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1959) — Mitwirkender — 55 Exemplare
Published and Perished: Memoria, Eulogies, and Remembrances of American Writers (2002) — Mitwirkender — 37 Exemplare
In Search of the Simple Life: American Voices, Past and Present (1986) — Mitwirkender — 34 Exemplare
Charlotte's Web - 3 Movie Collection (Charlotte's Web/Charlotte's Web -Animation/Charlotte's Web 2 - Animation) (2012) — Original book — 10 Exemplare
Ten Years of Holiday: Selected by the Editors of Holiday Magazine (1956) — Mitwirkender — 8 Exemplare
Contemporary Short Stories: Representative Selections, Volume 3 — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare
Furrow's End: An Anthology of Great Farm Stories — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
Contos Dramáticos — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- White, Elwyn Brooks
- Geburtstag
- 1899-07-11
- Todestag
- 1985-10-01
- Begräbnisort
- Brooklin Cemetery, Brooklin, Maine, USA
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Land (für Karte)
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Mount Vernon, New York, USA
- Sterbeort
- North Brooklin, Maine, USA
- Todesursache
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Wohnorte
- Seattle, Washington, USA
New York, New York, USA - Ausbildung
- Cornell University (AB|1921)
- Berufe
- journalist
writer - Beziehungen
- White, Katharine S. (spouse)
Angell, Roger (stepson)
Thurber, James (friend)
Strunk, William (mentor) - Organisationen
- Harper's Magazine
The New Yorker
United States Army - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- 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)
Mitglieder
Diskussionen
Thornwillow Charlotte’s Web in Fine Press Forum (Oktober 2023)
October 2015: E.B. White in Monthly Author Reads (Dezember 2017)
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Very concise, very helpful. I could say more, but it would go against the spirit of the book. If you do or want to write english, get this book.
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Im Zentrum stehen das Schwein Wilbur und die Spinne Charlotte, und thematisch geht es um Freundschaft und das füreinander einstehen. Der überwiegende Teil der Geschichte ist aus Wilburs Pespektive geschrieben, so dass die menschlichen Charaktäre nur wenig Raum für die Entwicklung haben, am häufigsten liegt hier noch der Fokus auf der Mutter von Fern, dem Mädchen, dass Wilbur am Anfang mit der Flasche aufzieht.
Insgesamt eine schöne Geschichte, die zwar auf der einen Seite durch die sprechenden Tiere fantastisch ist, auf der anderen Seite aber bestimmte Eigenarten der Tiere recht realitätsnah übernimmt und z.B. auch den im Vergleich zum Schwein kurzen Lebenszyklus einer Spinne nicht ausspart.
Mein Fazit: Eine schöne Geschichte, die zeitlos ist.… (mehr)