Marguerite Henry
Marguerite Henry (born April 13, 1902 in Milwaukee , † November 26, 1997 in Rancho Santa Fe , California ) was an American writer. She mainly wrote books for young people about famous horses.
Life
Marguerite Breithaupt was born in Wisconsin , the youngest of Anna and Louis Breithaupt's five children . When she was six years old, she developed a rheumatic fever and was bedridden for the next six years. During this time she wrote her first stories; first published when Henry was eleven years old. She attended Riverside High School in Milwaukee and then studied at Milwaukee State Teachers College. With her husband Sidney Crocker Henry († 1987), whom she married in 1923, she lived in Wayne (Illinois) .
For her works, Henry researched real horses and people very thoroughly, including traveling to the places where they had lived.
Works
Marguerite Henry published more than 40 books; many of them were illustrated by Wesley Dennis .
After a few articles in the Saturday Evening Post and several shorter stories, etc., her first book was published in 1940: Auno and Tauno played in Finland ; Henry processed the stories of two acquaintances from Finland about their childhood. In the same year Dilly Dally Sally came out, and Geraldine Belinda in 1942 . A sixteen-volume series, Pictured Geographies , illustrated by Kurt Wiese , appeared in 1941 and 1946.
The first of her well-known horse books was Justin Morgan Had a Horse from 1945. In this book, Henry told the story of the Morgan horse . The book earned her her first award; also began with Justin Morgan Had a Horse the collaboration with Wesley Dennis. Misty of Chincoteague came out in 1947 . This book was also based on a real model, a pony mare that Marguerite Henry bought at Pony Penning Day in Chincoteague . The book made the animal famous, and even received an invitation to attend an American Library Association conference. His life was also made into a film, and Marguerite Henry developed a whole Misty series, the last volume of which was not released until 1992. A Misty of Chincoteague Foundation has existed since 1990, which aims to maintain the landscape in which Misty's role model grew up and to set up a museum.
She was made aware of the Godolphin Arabian theme by her illustrator Dennis, who was commissioned to create a portrait of this famous stallion. His research into the life of the beast inspired Henry to write the book King of the Wind , published in 1948.
Born to Trot came out in 1950, Brighty of the Grand Canyon in 1953 , Black Gold in 1957 , Gaudenzia in 1960 . Pride of the Palio , 1964 White Stallion of Lipizza , 1966 Mustang. Wild Spirit of the West and 1972 San Domingo. The Medicine Hat Stallion . Many of her books have been made into films.
Marguerite Henry also wrote Robert Fulton . Boy Craftsman , a work that appeared in the 1946 series The Childhood of Famous Americans , and the Album of Horses (1951) and the Album of Dogs (1955). In these works different horse and dog breeds and their characteristics and history are presented. Henry also contributed to the World Book Encyclopedia .
Awards
- 1945: Newbery honor for Justin Morgan Had a Horse
- 1949: Newbery Medal for King of the Wind
- 1951: Young Readers Choice Award for King of Wind
- 1956: William Allen White Award for Brighty
- 1961: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for Misty of Chincoteague
Web links
- Literature by and about Marguerite Henry in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Henry, Marguerite |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Breithaupt, Marguerite |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milwaukee |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1997 |
| Place of death | Rancho Santa Fe |