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Anne Parrish

アン・パリッシュ

An Parrish

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1888-11-12 (Colorado Springs, Colorado, US)
Died
1957-09-05 (Danbury, Connecticut, US) age 68
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Colorado Springs, Colorado, US → Claymont, Delaware, US → Redding, Connecticut, US

Career

Occupations
Writer, Novelist, Children's author, Art collector
Active Years
1923-1957
Influenced By
Thomas Eakins, Family (mother Anne Lodge, brother Dillwyn Parrish)

Education

Philadelphia School of Design for Women
Art / Painting
Country: United States
Studied at the school as a young woman and studied under Thomas Eakins.

Awards

Newbery Honor
1925
Work: The Dream Coach
Organization: American Library Association (Association for Library Service to Children)
Result: Runner-up / Newbery Honor
Newbery Honor
1931
Work: Floating Island
Organization: American Library Association (Association for Library Service to Children)
Result: Runner-up / Newbery Honor
Newbery Honor
1951
Work: The Story of Appleby Capple
Organization: American Library Association (Association for Library Service to Children)
Result: Runner-up / Newbery Honor
Harper Prize
1925
Work: The Perennial Bachelor
Organization: Harper & Brothers
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Pocketful of Poses

1923 Romance novel

A 1923 romance novel; one of Parrish's early adult novels.

LoveSocial expectations

Knee-High to a Grasshopper

1923 Children's literature

A children's book illustrated by her brother Dillwyn Parrish; a collaborative work.

Childlike imaginationFamily

The Dream Coach

1924 Children's literature

A collection of short, dreamlike children's tales illustrated by her brother Dillwyn; selected as a Newbery Honor book.

DreamsImagination

The Perennial Bachelor

1925 Novel

Published in 1925; a bestseller of the year according to the New York Times and winner of the Harper Prize from Harper & Brothers.

RomanceSocial satire

All Kneeling

1928 Novel

Published in 1928; one of her bestselling novels in the U.S. Adapted into the 1950 film Born to Be Bad.

Women's livesMorality and desire
Adaptations
  • [Film] Born to Be Bad / Nicholas Ray (1950)

Floating Island

1930 Children's literature

A 1930 children's book selected as a Newbery Honor.

AdventureFriendship

The Story of Appleby Capple

1950 Children's literature

A 1950 children's book that was selected as a Newbery Honor.

WordplayDidactic fable

Bibliography

  • Pocketful of Poses (1923)
  • Knee-High to a Grasshopper (1923)
  • Lustres (1924)
  • The Dream Coach (1924)
  • Semi-Attached (1924)
  • The Perennial Bachelor (1925)
  • Tomorrow Morning (1927)
  • All Kneeling (1928)
  • The Methodist Faun (1929)
  • Floating Island (1930)
  • Loads of Love (1932)
  • Sea Level (1934)
  • Golden Wedding (1936)
  • Mr. Despondency's Daughter (1938)
  • Pray for a Tomorrow (1941)
  • Poor Child (1945)
  • A Clouded Star (1948)
  • The Story of Appleby Capple (1950)
  • And Have Not Love (1954)
  • The Lucky One (1958)

Adaptations

  • All Kneeling → film 'Born to Be Bad' (1950)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Concise, readable proseFable-like and dreamlike narration in children's worksSocial satire and light, witty dialogue in adult novels
Recurring Motifs
Female protagonistsDreams and imaginationFamily relationshipsConflicts of morality and desire

Health

  • Cerebral hemorrhage
    1957
    Died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1957.

Legacy

Anne Parrish was active in both children's literature and adult fiction, receiving multiple Newbery Honors. She was also an art collector and is known for bequeathing major works to the Wadsworth Atheneum.

Museums

  • Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford, Connecticut, US Opened in 1842

Archives

  • Records at the Library of Congress and other library catalogs
  • Wadsworth Atheneum: holds artworks she bequeathed

In Popular Culture

  • The novel All Kneeling was adapted into the 1950 film Born to Be Bad.

Quotes

  • I studied painting in Philadelphia more because my mother and father were painters than because I was one.
    Source: Interview / biographical material cited by John P. Reid

Trivia

  • Her brother Dillwyn Parrish illustrated several of her children's books and collaborated with her.
  • Painter Maxfield Parrish was a cousin.
  • Bequeathed works by artists such as Renoir and Van Gogh to the Wadsworth Atheneum.
  • Endowed a professorship in neurology at Cornell University (Anne Parrish Titzell Professor of Neurology).