Virginia Euwer Wolff

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Virginia Euwer Wolff (* 1937 in Portland , Oregon ) is an American writer .

Wolff studied English and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1959. She then taught at elementary and high schools for many years. She writes socially critical youth novels . In 2001 she received the US National Book Award for True Believer .

Works (selection)

  • 1993: Make Lemonade (German. If life gives you a lemon, make lemonade out of it , German 1999, ISBN 3423620900 )
  • 2001: True Believer (dt. Hard to believe it , Hanser 2003, ISBN 3446203044 )

Awards

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Individual evidence

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