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第3回（1959年） Winner
Margaret Carver Leighton
マーガレット・カーバー・レイトン
Māgaretto Kābā Reiton
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1896-12-20 （Oberlin, Ohio）
- 死没
- 1987-06-19 （Santa Monica, California） 90歳
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Cambridge, Massachusetts → France → Switzerland → Westfield, New Jersey → California → Santa Monica, California
経歴
- 職業
- Children's author
- 活動期間
- 1938年〜1973年
- 所属
- Santa Monica Public Library Board of Trustees, Authors Guild (Authors League of America), P.E.N.
- 所属団体
- Westfield, New Jersey Board of Education, Los Angeles center of P.E.N. (president 1957-1959)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radcliffe College | — | — | BA | — | United States |
Radcliffe College
学位:
BA
卒業年:
1918
国:
United States
Attended schools in Cambridge, Massachusetts; France; and Switzerland during father's sabbaticals
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Shelley's Mary: A Life of Mary Godwin Shelley
1973年 BiographyA biography of Mary Godwin Shelley for children.
Women's livesHistorical figures
全著作
- Junior High School Plays: Ten Short Plays on the American Epic
- The Secret of the Old House
- Twelve Bright Trumpets
- The Secret of the Closed Gate
- The Singing Cave
- Judith of France
- The Sword and the Compass: The Far-Flung Adventures of Captain John Smith
- The Secret of Bucky Moran
- The Story of Florence Nightingale
- The Story of General Custer
- Who Rides By?
- Comanche of the Seventh
- The Secret of Smuggler's Cove
- Journey for a Princess
- Bride of Glory: The Story of Elizabeth Bacon Custer
- Voyage to Coromandel
- The Canyon Castaways
- A Hole in the Hedge
- Cleopatra, Sister of the Moon
- The Other Island
- Shelley's Mary: A Life of Mary Godwin Shelley
作風・主題
- 文体
- Accessible prose for children
- 頻出モチーフ
- Historical adventuresHeroic tales
評価・遺産
American children's author known for historical and biographical works inspired by her own children.
資料所蔵先
- Kerlan Collection, University of Minnesota Libraries
- Washington State University
- University of Oregon
- Library of Congress
豆知識
- Married James Herbert Leighton in 1921 (died 1935); four children: James Herbert, Mary, Thomas Carver, and Sylvia.