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Evelyn Sibley Lampman

エヴリン・シブリー・ランプマン

Ebirin Shiburi Ranpuman

Pen Names: Jane WoodfinUsed for the radio novel 'Of Mikes and Men', Lynn BronsonUsed for several children's novels

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1907-04-18 (Dallas, Oregon)
Died
1980-06-13 age 73
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Dallas, Oregon

Career

Occupations
Writer, Radio continuity writer
Active Years
1929-1980
Affiliations
KEX radio, KGW radio

Education

Dallas High School
Period: ~1925
Year of Graduation: 1925
Country: United States
Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University)
Vocational Education
Degree: Vocational Education
Period: 1925-1929
Year of Graduation: 1929
Country: United States

Awards

Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award
1962
Work: City Under the Back Steps
Organization: Vermont Department of Libraries
Result: 受賞
Brotherhood Award
1968
Organization: National Conference of Christians and Jews
Result: 受賞
Golden Spur Award
1967
Work: Half-Breed
Organization: Western Writers of America
Result: 受賞
Golden Spur Award
1970
Work: Cayuse Courage
Organization: Western Writers of America
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Of Mikes and Men

1951 Adult novel

Humorous inside story of early radio days.

Radio historyEarly broadcasting

City Under the Back Steps

1960 Children's literature

Two children shrink to ant-size and have a sci-fi adventure in the ant world.

AdventureScience fiction

Crazy Creek

1948 Children's novel

Her first children's novel.

Adventure

Bibliography

  • Crazy Creek
  • Treasure Mountain
  • The Bounces of Cynthiann’
  • Timberland Adventure
  • Coyote Kid
  • Elder Brother
  • Of Mikes and Men
  • Captain Apple’s Ghost
  • Rogue’s Valley
  • The Runaway
  • Tree Wagon
  • Witch Doctor’s Son
  • The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek
  • Darcy’s Harvest
  • Navaho Sister
  • Rusty’s Space Ship
  • Popular Girl
  • Rock Hounds
  • Special Year
  • The City Under the Back Steps
  • Princess of Fort Vancouver
  • The Shy Stegosaurus of Indian Springs
  • Mrs. Updaisy
  • Temple of the Sun
  • Wheels West
  • The Tilted Sombrero
  • Half-Breed
  • The Bandit of Mok Hill
  • Cayuse Courage
  • Once Upon the Little Big Horn
  • The Year of Small Shadow
  • Go Up the Road
  • Rattlesnake Cave
  • White Captives
  • The Potlatch Family
  • Bargain Bride
  • Squaw Man’s Son
  • Three Knocks on the Wall

Adaptations

  • The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek adapted for CBS Storybreak

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Sensitive handling of controversial subjectsStories of cultural change
Recurring Motifs
Native AmericansMigrant workersHistorical events

Health

  • Bile duct cancer
    1980
    Cause of death

Legacy

Known as an Oregon children's author; the Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award was established in her honor.

In Popular Culture

  • Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award named after her

Trivia

  • Pen name Jane Woodfin derived from great-great-grandmother's surname
  • Lynn Bronson from great-great-grandmother Harriet Bronson
  • Married to son of Oregon Poet Laureate Ben Hur Lampman