Rachel Field

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Rachel Lyman Field (born September 19, 1894 in New York City , † March 15, 1942 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American writer .

Life

Field attended Radcliffe College . Field, who had long been successful in writing books for young people and stage plays, became known for her children's book Hitty, Her First Hundred Years , a puppet adventure published in 1929 , which was awarded the Newbery Medal , one of the most prestigious children's book awards in the USA. In 1935 she wrote her first novel, which was also a success. Several of her novels were made into films.

Field was married to Arthur S. Pederson since 1935. Most recently she lived in Beverly Hills . She died as a result of an operation.

Works (selection)

  • Eliza and the Elves (1926)
  • Hitty, Her First Hundred Years (1929, German 1950: Hitty )
  • Calico Bush (1931, German 1971 as The Maypole of the Indians. Kalikobusch and 2005 as Marguerite and the Indians )
  • Time out of mind (1935, German: Since people remember , also Since people remember )
  • All this, and heaven too (1938, German: Hell, where is your victory? )
  • And now tomorrow (1942, English: you will forget tomorrow ) (awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Literature)
  • Hepatica Hawks (1980, German: The Giant's Daughter , translated by Annemarie Böll )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of the award winners
  2. ↑ Rachel Field in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  3. ↑ Entry at Find A Grave
  4. ^ Antonius Lux (ed.): Great women of world history. A thousand biographies in words and pictures . Sebastian Lux Verlag , Munich 1963, p. 168.
personal data
SURNAME Field, Rachel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Field, Rachel Lyman (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1942
Place of death Los Angeles , California