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Adrien Stoutenburg

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Adrien Stoutenburg

別名: Lace Kendall / Barbie Arden / Nelson Minier
ペンネーム: Lace Kendall（Pseudonym used for some children's nonfiction and other works）, Barbie Arden（Pseudonym used on some children's books）, Nelson Minier（Joint pseudonym used for collaborations with Laura Nelson Baker）

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性別
女性
生誕
1916-12-01 （Darfur, Minnesota, US）
死没
1982-04-14 （Santa Barbara, California, US） 65歳
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Darfur, Minnesota → Hanley Falls, Minnesota → Minneapolis, Minnesota → Near Richfield, Minnesota → Lagunitas, California → Santa Barbara, California

経歴

職業
poet, children's writer, librarian, editor
活動期間
1940年〜1979年
影響を受けた人物
Laurence Hart (teacher at UC Berkeley)

学歴

Minneapolis School of Art (Minneapolis College of Art and Design)
Fine Arts / Studio Art
学位: BFA
期間: 1936–1938
卒業年: 1938
国: United States
Attended 1936–1938; after studies she worked as a librarian and began publishing.

受賞歴

Lamont Poetry Selection
1964
対象作品: Heroes, Advise Us
主催: Academy of American Poets
結果: 受賞
California Book Award (Silver)
1969
対象作品: A Short History of the Fur Trade
主催: Commonwealth Club of California (California Book Awards)
結果: 受賞（銀賞）

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Heroes, Advise Us

1964年 Poetry

Her first poetry collection, blending personal feeling with social perspective; selected as the 1964 Lamont Poetry Selection.

naturepersonal memorysocial observation

A Short History of the Fur Trade

1969年 Poetry

Poetry collection published in 1969 that won the California Book Award (silver); included work considered a close contender for the Pulitzer Prize.

historical imaginationnature and human relations

Greenwich Mean Time

1979年 Poetry

Published in 1979, representing mature work from her later poetic period.

timelossnature

American Tall Tales

1966年 Children's non-fiction / folk-tale retellings

A collection of American folk tales and frontier heroes for children; recommended on notable lists and remained in print.

American folkloretall taleshumor

The Model Airplane Mystery

1943年 Children's fiction

One of her earliest children's books (1943), an adventure-mystery aimed at young readers.

adventurefriendshipdetective elements

全著作

  • The Model Airplane Mystery (1943)
  • Timber Line Treasure (1951)
  • Stranger on the Bay (1955)
  • River Duel (1956)
  • Heroes, Advise Us (1964)
  • A Short History of the Fur Trade (1969)
  • Greenwich Mean Time (1979)
  • Land of Superior Mirages: New and Selected Poems (1986, ed. David R. Slavitt)

作風・主題

文体
tone combining sensitive outrage with delicacy and powervivid nature imagery and estrangement in the everyday
頻出モチーフ
nature and animalsAmerican folk talestime and loss

健康

  • cancer
    Died of cancer in later life; exact period of illness is not documented.

評価・遺産

A prolific author of both children's books and poetry. Her poetry received critical attention and several children's books were Junior Literary Guild selections. Papers are archived at the University of Minnesota Children's Literature Research Collection and The Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley.

資料所蔵先

  • University of Minnesota Children's Literature Research Collection (Adrien Stoutenburg Papers)
  • The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley (poetry manuscripts and related correspondence)

引用

  • I lay with my heart under me, under the white sun, face down to fields and a life that gleamed under my palms like an emerald hinge.
    出典: "Cicada", The New Yorker (1957) (1957年)

豆知識

  • Published under several pseudonyms (Lace Kendall, Barbie Arden, Nelson Minier).
  • Authored roughly 40 children's books and nonfiction titles over her career.
  • Heroes, Advise Us was selected as the 1964 Lamont Poetry Selection.
  • A posthumous selected poems volume, Land of Superior Mirages, was edited by David R. Slavitt.