Newbery Medal (John Newbery Medal)
2 appearances
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Edition 7 (1928) Nominee
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Edition 13 (1934) Nominee
Caroline Dale Snedeker
キャロライン・デイル・スニーデカー
Caroline Dale Snedeker
Pen Names:
Caroline Dale Owen（Pen name used on occasion (appeared on some publications)）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1871-03-03 （New Harmony, Indiana, U.S.）
- Died
- 1956-01-22 （Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, U.S.） age 84
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- New Harmony, Indiana, U.S. → Near Mount Vernon, Indiana (childhood) → Cincinnati, Ohio (education/residence) → Hempstead, New York (after marriage) → Bay St. Louis, Mississippi (later life)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Music instructor
- Active Years
- 1911-1956
- Influenced By
- Mother: Nina Dale (Owen), Grandmother (told stories of New Harmony), Great-grandfather: Robert Owen (social reformer)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Music (now College-Conservatory of Music), Cincinnati | — | — | — | — | United States |
College of Music (now College-Conservatory of Music), Cincinnati
Country:
United States
Performed with her sisters to support the family and later worked as a music instructor.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Newbery Honor | Downright Dencey | — | Association for Library Service to Children (American Library Association) | Newbery Honor (runner-up) |
| 1933 | Newbery Honor | The Forgotten Daughter | — | Association for Library Service to Children (American Library Association) | Newbery Honor (runner-up) |
Newbery Honor
1928
Work:
Downright Dencey
Organization:
Association for Library Service to Children (American Library Association)
Result:
Newbery Honor (runner-up)
Newbery Honor
1933
Work:
The Forgotten Daughter
Organization:
Association for Library Service to Children (American Library Association)
Result:
Newbery Honor (runner-up)
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Downright Dencey
1927 Children's historical fictionTells of a friendship between a Quaker girl and a waif in early 19th-century Nantucket, emphasizing morality and friendship.
friendshipmoralityAmerican history
Translations
- Translated into Dutch and German among other languages
The Forgotten Daughter
1933 Children's historical fiction (Ancient Rome)Set in Ancient Rome, it deals with family, status, and coming of age; selected as a Newbery Honor book.
familysocial statuscoming of age
The Coward of Thermopylae (original) / The Spartan (reissue)
1911 Historical novel for adults (Ancient Greece)Follows Aristodemos, an Athenian soldier who trains in Sparta and redeems himself with a noble death at Thermopylae.
honorcourageAncient Greece
Theras and His Town
1924 Children's historical fiction (Greece)An eleven-year-old boy, Theras, moves from Athens to Sparta and experiences harsh life under Spartan rule, attempting to return home.
coming of agefreedomancient society
The Town of the Fearless
1931 Nonfiction (history of New Harmony)A work on the history of New Harmony and the author's family connections to the town, including a pictorial supplement and bibliography.
local historyfamily history
Bibliography
- The Coward of Thermopylae (1911) / The Spartan (1912)
- Seth Way: A Romance of the New Harmony Community (1917)
- The Perilous Seat (1923)
- Theras and His Town (1924)
- Downright Dencey (1927)
- The Beckoning Road (1929)
- The Black Arrowhead: Legends of Long Island (1929)
- The Forgotten Daughter (1933)
- Uncharted Ways (1935)
- The White Isle (1940)
- Luke's Quest (1947)
- A Triumph for Flavius (1955)
- Lysis Goes to the Play (1962, posthumous)
- The Town of the Fearless (1931, nonfiction)
- The Diaries of Donald MacDonald, 1824–1826 (editor/intro, 1942)
Translations of Works
- Downright Dencey and some other works were translated into Dutch and German.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- historically grounded descriptive stylemoralistic and didactic toneclassically informed prose
- Recurring Motifs
- nobility and honorfamily and local historyinterest in ancient Greece and Rome
Legacy
Caroline Dale Snedeker is known for children's historical novels, notably works set in the ancient world and American history such as Downright Dencey. She was twice named a Newbery Honor book author and is regarded as a notable figure in children's literature.
Archives
- Library of Congress holds catalog records for her works
- Works and related material available via the Internet Archive
Trivia
- Occasionally used the pen name Caroline Dale Owen.
- Some works were translated into Dutch and German.
- Great-grandfather was British social reformer Robert Owen; family ties to New Harmony influenced her writing.
- Sources differ on birth date (March 3 vs March 23 in some records).