Montag, 7. März 2011

Portrait of Lois Lowry


  • born Lois Ann Hammersberg on March 20 ,1937 in Honululu, Hawaii
  • because of her parents she came around in the United States (her father was a Army dentist)
  • graduated high school in New York and attended Brown University in Rhode Island
  • married when she was 19 years old (1956, Donald Lowry, U.S. navy officer)
  • divorced in 1977
  • four children (Alix,Kristin,Grey and Benjamin)
  • first worked as a photographer and freelance journalist
  • her first book was A Summer to Die appeared in 1977
  • since she has written numerous children's books
  • for The Giver she received the Newbery Medal "for the most disistinguished contribution to American literature for children" and also other important awards such as The Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award
  • constributes own memories to The Giver
  • she's writing about funnny things and serious issues

1 Kommentar:

  1. I always find it interesting to find out more about the author of a book! Thanks for posting all these information. By the way, Lowry writes her own blog: http://loislowry.typepad.com/
    Have a look in case you're interested!

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