Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

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Marjorie Weinman Sharmat (born November 12, 1928 in Portland , Maine , † March 12, 2019 in Munster , Indiana ) was an American children's author with over 130 books published.

Life

Sharmat's first published work was a slogan for the WT Grant Company's spring advertisement . This work was four words long and grossed $ 50  . On February 24, 1957, she married Mitchell Brenner Sharmat. The couple had two sons, which sparked their interest in children's books.

In 1967, Sharmat's first book, Rex, was published by Harper and Row. Her breakthrough came with her third book Nate the Great (in German: Nick Nase), which appeared in 1972. From Nate the Great , a series for beginning readers was. In the books, Nate (named after Sharmat's father) solves mysterious cases. Her first youth novel, I Saw Him First , was published in 1989. Since then she has written numerous novels for this age group.

Over the years, Sharmat's husband commented on her work because she wanted a second, objective opinion on her work. After a while he no longer only made comments on her texts, but also corrected them and helped her to get out of times of creative dead ends. After all, Mitchell wrote his own books. Sharmat and her husband also wrote several books together.

Works (selection)

  • 1967 - Rex
  • 1970 - Gladys Told Me to Meet Her Here
  • 1972 - Nate the Great , Illustrations by Marc Simont, New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan (German: Nick Nase , 1989-)
  • 1974 - I Want Mama , Illustr. Emily Arnold McCully, 1974 (German mom is in the hospital , Reinbek near Hamburg: Carlsen, 1976)
  • 1975 - I Am Not Oscar's Friend Anymore
  • 1978 - Fat Enormous Lie
  • 1979 - Am Not a Pest
  • 1980 - Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport
  • 1983 - I Saw Him First - first youth novel
  • 1986 - Hooray for Mother's Day
  • 1987 - Hooray for Father's Day
  • 1989–1991 (4) - Oliva Sharp , text by Marjorie and Mitchell Sharmat, Illustr. Denise Brunkus (German (3) Bella Bond , Ravensburger Buchverlag, Illustr. Franziska Harvey, 2008–2009)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Obituary. In: Publishers Weekly . March 19, 2019, accessed March 28, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Portland , Maine
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 2019
Place of death Munster , Indiana