Jane Addams Children's Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (1969) Winner
Esther Hautzig
エスター・ホーツィグ
Esutā Hōtsigu
Aliases:
Esther Rudomin
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1930-10-18 （Vilna, Poland (present-day Vilnius, Lithuania)）
- Died
- 2009-11-01 （United States） age 79
- Nationality
- American, Polish, Lithuanian
- Languages
- English, Yiddish
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Vilna, Poland → Rubtsovsk, Siberia → Poland → United States
Career
- Occupations
- writer, children's writer
- Active Years
- 1955-2002
- Influenced By
- Adlai Stevenson
- Influenced
- Chaim Potok
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | award (details unknown) | The Endless Steppe | — | — | 受賞 |
award (details unknown)
1968
Work:
The Endless Steppe
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Endless Steppe
1968 autobiographical novelAutobiographical account of years in Siberian exile.
warexilefamilysurvival
Translations
- Catalan, Dutch, Danish, English (Braille), French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Japanese, Sinhalese, Swedish etc.
Bibliography
- Let's cook without cooking (1955)
- Let's make presents (1962)
- At home: A visit in four languages (1968)
- In the park: An excursion in four languages (1968)
- In school: Learning in four languages (1969)
- Let's make more presents (1973)
- Cool cooking (1973)
- Life with working parents (1976)
- A gift for mama (1981)
- Holiday treats (1983)
- Make it special (1986)
- On the air (1991)
- The Endless Steppe (1968)
- The case against the wind, and other stories (1975, trans.)
- The seven good years and other stories (1984, trans.)
- Remember who you are (1990)
- Riches (1992)
- A picture of grandmother (2002)
Translations by Author
- Translations of Isaac Leib Peretz works
Translations of Works
- Numerous translations of The Endless Steppe
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Focus on everyday lifeEncourages exploration and activity
- Recurring Motifs
- familyJewish cultureexile experience
Health
-
congestive heart failure晩年One cause of death
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Alzheimer's disease晩年One cause of death, complications
Legacy
American children's author best known for her award-winning autobiographical novel about Siberian exile.
Trivia
- Exiled to Rubtsovsk, Siberia for five years.
- Married pianist Walter Hautzig.
- Daughter Deborah is a children's author.