Kate DiCamillo

Kate DiCamillo (2018)

Katrina Elizabeth "Kate" DiCamillo (born March 25, 1964 in Philadelphia ) is an American writer, best known for her award-winning children's books.

Life

When Kate DiCamillo was five years old, her father left the family. She still struggles with this loss to this day. She studied English literature in Florida and now lives as a freelance writer in Minneapolis. With her first two award-winning children's books "Winn-Dixie" and "Kentucky-Star" she achieved her international breakthrough. For Despereaux - From someone who set out to unlearn the fear , the author was honored with the 2004 Newbery Medal . The book, which was nominated for the German Youth Literature Award in 2005, served as the basis for the movie Despereaux - The Little Mice Hero . In 2019 DiCamillo was awarded the Regina Medal .

Works (selection)

• Because of Winn-Dixie. 2000 (German Sabine Ludwig : Winn-Dixie . Cecilie Dressler , 2001, ISBN 3-7915-2791-6 ; German paperback , 2003, ISBN 3-423-70771-2 )

Reading Peter January 2004

• The Tiger Rising. 2001 (German Sabine Ludwig: Kentucky Star. Dressler, 2002, ISBN 3-7915-2792-4 ; Paperback. 2004, ISBN 3-423-70875-1 )
• The Tale of Despereaux. 2003, illust. Timothy Basil Ering (German Sabine Ludwig: Despereaux - From one who set out to unlearn fear. Dressler, 2004, ISBN 3-7915-2799-1 ; paperback. 2005, ISBN 3-423-70953-7 )

Newbery Medal 2004

Book of the month ( Institute for Youth Literature ) May 2004

Owl of the month ( Bulletin Youth & Literature ) March 2004

LYNX March 2004

• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane , 2006, illust. Bagram Ibatoulline (German Siggi Seuß: The miraculous journey of Edward Tulane. Dressler, 2006, ISBN 3-7915-2802-5 )

The best 7 March 2006

Read Peter September 2007

• Great Joy. 2007, illust. Bagram Ibatoulline (Eng. A great pleasure. Jacoby & Stuart , 2010, ISBN 978-3-941787-01-8 )
• The Magician's Elephant. 2009, illust. Yoko Tanaka (German Sabine Ludwig: Der Elefant des Magiers. Paperback. 2010, ISBN 978-3-423-76002-7 )

Web links

• Literature by and about Kate DiCamillo in the catalog of the German National Library
• Kate DiCamillo in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Kate DiCamillo Official Homepage
• Short biography and reviews of works by Kate DiCamillo at perlentaucher.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Children's book author Kate DiCamillo. (No longer available online.) In: chrismon.evangelisch.de. Archived from the original on January 17, 2017 ; accessed on January 18, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.