Natalie Babbitt
Natalie Babbitt (* 28 July 1932 as Natalie Zane Moore in Dayton , Ohio , † 31 October 2016 in Hamden , Connecticut ) was an American writer and children's book - illustrator .
life and work
Natalie Babbitt attended school in Cleveland and Northampton , Massachusetts . She was married to Samuel Fisher Babbitt and had three children. Most recently, Babbitt lived in Connecticut, where she succumbed to lung cancer in 2016.
One of her first books, the children's book Knee-Knock Rise published in 1970 , was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1971. Her works Die Immortblichen (English Tuck Everlasting , published 1975) and Die Augen der Amaryllis (English The Eyes of the Amaryllis , published 1977) were made into films in the 1980s.
Books
- Knee-knock rise
- Die Immsterblichen (Tuck Everlasting), Verlag Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York 1975. German: Arena-Verlag Georg Popp, Würzburg 1984, ISBN 3-401-04032-4 .
- The Devil's Prayer Book: Tales from the Underworld
- In the mist of the cat's cliff
- The eyes of Amaryllis (The Eyes of the Amaryllis)
- The King's Messenger
- Nellie the moonlight cat
- The mysterious mansion
Film adaptations
- 1981: The Immortal Tucks ( Tuck Everlasting )
- 1982: The secret of the Amaryllis ( The Eyes of the Amaryllis )
- 2002: Tuck Everlasting ( Tuck Everlasting ) ( remake )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Tuck Everlasting author Natalie Babbitt dies at 84 . AP report in The Guardian , November 1, 2016, accessed November 2, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Babbitt, Natalie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moore, Natalie Zane (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer and children's book illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dayton (Ohio) , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 2016 |
| Place of death | Hamden , Connecticut |