Geffen Award
2 appearances
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Edition 17 (2015) Winner
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Edition 23 (2022) Excellence Award
L. Frank Baum
エル・フランク・ボーム
Eru Furanku Bōmu
Aliases:
Lyman Frank Baum
Pen Names:
George Brooks（Stage name）,
Louis F. Baum（Stage name）,
Laura Bancroft（For children's books）,
Suzanne Metcalf（For novels）,
Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald（For adventure novels）,
Schuyler Staunton（For novels）,
Edith Van Dyne（Aunt Jane's Nieces series）,
Floyd Akers（Boy Fortune Hunters series）,
John Estes Cooke（Tamawaca Folks）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1856-05-15 （Chittenango, New York）
- Died
- 1919-05-06 （Los Angeles, California） age 62
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Theosophy
- Residence History
- Chittenango, New York → Mattydale, New York → Aberdeen, South Dakota → Chicago, Illinois → Los Angeles, California
Career
- Occupations
- author, playwright, newspaper editor, journalist, store owner, poultry breeder, printer
- Active Years
- 1880-1919
- Affiliations
- Oz Film Manufacturing Company, The Uplifters
- Memberships
- Theosophical Society
- Influenced By
- Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen
- Influenced
- Ruth Plumly Thompson
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peekskill Military Academy | — | Military training | — | 12歳から2年間 | United States |
Peekskill Military Academy
Military training
Period:
12歳から2年間
Country:
United States
Left due to heart attack
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
1900 Children's fantasy 261 pagesDorothy is swept to the Land of Oz by a cyclone and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard.
friendshipcourageintelligencehomegood vs evil
Adaptations
- [Film] The Wizard of Oz / Victor Fleming (1939)
Translations
- Numerous Japanese translations
Bibliography
- See Wikipedia bibliography
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- American fairy talesViolence-reduced fantasyMinimized moral lessonsHumorous
- Recurring Motifs
- Land of OzDorothyWizardScarecrowTin WoodmanCowardly Lion
Health
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Heart condition幼少期からLeft military academy, sickly
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Stroke1919年5月Cause of death
Legacy
Creator of the Oz series, profoundly influencing 20th-century children's literature, immortalized by the 1939 film adaptation.
Archives
- Syracuse University Library
- Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library
In Popular Culture
- Numerous films, TV, musicals of The Wizard of Oz
Quotes
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Now we can cross the Shifting Sands.
Source: Last words (1919)
Trivia
- Wrote 14 Oz books
- Wrote editorials advocating Native American extermination
- Mother-in-law was feminist Matilda Joslyn Gage
- Wrote over 55 books under pseudonyms