Scott O'Dell

Scott O'Dell (born May 23, 1898 in Los Angeles - † October 16, 1989 ) was an American writer .

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O'Dell wrote many teenage novels, often dealing with the Indians of North America, and a history of California .

Island of the Blue Dolphins was his first book for young people andwas awarded the German Youth Literature Prize and the Newbery Medal in1963. The book The Black Pearl was even made into a film. Other books include Go Home, Navaho Girls, and The Abandoned Boat on the Beach . Scott O'Dell received the Hans Christian Andersen Prize in 1972for his complete works.

Novels

• The black pearl , OT: The Black Pearl, transl. Roswitha Plancherel, dtv junior, Munich 1971, ISBN 3-423-07029-3
• Before the judge of the king , OT: The King's Fifth, transl. Maja Mampell, Benziger , Cologne 1971, ISBN 3-545-35101-7
• Island of the Blue Dolphins , OT: Island of the Blue Dolphins, transl. Roswitha Plancherel, Benziger, Cologne 1971, ISBN 3-545-35057-6
• Go home, Navaho girls , OT: Sing Down the Moon, transl. Roswitha Plancherel, illustrated by Erhard Schreier, Walter Verlag , Freiburg 1973, ISBN 3-530-62124-2
  • also as singing when the moon goes down , Neues Leben, Berlin 1973
• Swordfish ahead. Die Kreuzfahrt der Polarstern , OT: The Cruise of the Arctic Star, transl. Elspeth Borer, Walter, Freiburg 1975, ISBN 3-530-62125-0
• The dark canoe , OT: The Dark Canoe, trans. Roswitha Plancherel, dtv junior, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-423-07165-6
• The abandoned boat on the beach , OT: Zia, Übers. Inge M. Artl, Benziger, Cologne 1978, ISBN 3-545-33074-5 , continuation of the island of the blue dolphins
• Son of Fire , OT: Child of Fire, transl. Fred Schmitz, Benziger, Cologne 1980, ISBN 3-545-32162-2
• The fire of Assisi , OT: The Road to Damietta, transl. Christa Broermann, Benziger, Cologne 1986, ISBN 3-545-33135-0
• Vogelmädchen , OT: Streams to the River, River to the Sea, trans. Christa Mitscha-Märheim Ueberreuter , Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-8000-2726-7
  • also as an adventure on the Missouri Ueberreuter, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-8000-2520-5
• Me and Poseidon , OT: Alexandra, translator Christa Mitscha-Märheim, Ueberreuter, Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-8000-2731-3
• Black Star and Leuchtende Morgenröte , OT: Black Star, Bright Dawn, translator Beata Stieger, Müller, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-275-00997-4
  • also as an adventure in ice and snow , Franz-Joachim Schneider , Munich 1995, ISBN 3-505-10005-6
• My name is not Angelika , OT: My Name is Not Angelica, translator Heike Brandt, Elefanten Press, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-88520-416-9
• Serena and the snake ring , OT: The Serpent Never Sleeps, transl. Anja Asmus, Müller Rüschlikon, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-275-01029-8
• Rollender Donner , OT: Thunder Rolling in the Mountains, trans. Hans-Georg Noack , Arena Verlag , Würzburg 1996, ISBN 3-401-04593-8

Books not translated

• Woman of Spain , 1934
• Hill of the Hawk , 1947
• Country of the Sun: Southern California, an Informal Guide , 1957
• The Sea is Red , 1958
• Journey to Jericho , 1964
• The Treasure of Topo-El-Bampo , 1972
• The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day , 1975
• The 290 , 1976
• Carlota , 1977
• Kathleen, Please Come Home , 1978
• The Captive , Part 1 of the Seven Serpents Trilogy, 1979
• Daughter of Don Saturnino , 1979
• Sarah Bishop , 1980
• The Feathered Serpent , Part 2 of the Seven Serpents Trilogy, 1981
• The Spanish Smile , 1982
• The Castle in the Sea , 1983
• The Amethyst Ring , Part 3 of the Seven Serpents Trilogy, 1983
• Venus Among the Fishes , with Elizabeth Hall, 1995

Web links

• Literature by and about Scott O'Dell in the catalog of the German National Library
• Scott O'Dell's website