Jane Addams Children's Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 28 (1981) Honor
Robert A. Lehrman
ロバート・エー・レーマン
Robāto Ē Rēmān
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Brooklyn, New York
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Brooklyn, NY → Queens and Cedarhurst, Long Island → Iowa City, Iowa → Illinois → New York City → Washington, D.C.
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, commentator, speechwriter, teacher
- Active Years
- 1970-2024
- Affiliations
- American University, Lehrman Communications
- Influenced By
- Kurt Vonnegut, Richard Yates
- Influenced
- New generation of speechwriters
- Nominations
- 1993 National Jewish Book Award Children's Literature Finalist (The Store that Mama Built)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence High School | — | — | High School Diploma | — | United States |
| Tufts University | — | English | Bachelor's degree | ~1965 | United States |
| University of Iowa Writers' Workshop | — | Creative Writing | M.F.A. | 1965-1968 | United States |
Lawrence High School
Degree:
High School Diploma
Country:
United States
Tufts University
English
Degree:
Bachelor's degree
Period:
~1965
Year of Graduation:
1965
Country:
United States
Fiction editor of Tuftonian, Tufts soccer team starter
University of Iowa Writers' Workshop
Creative Writing
Degree:
M.F.A.
Period:
1965-1968
Year of Graduation:
1968
Country:
United States
Studied under Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Yates
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Jane Addams Honor Book | Doing Time | Children's Book | Jane Addams Peace Association | Honor |
| 1983 | American Library Association Best Book | Juggling | — | American Library Association | Winner |
| 2010 | American University Adjunct Professor of the Year | — | — | American University | Winner |
Jane Addams Honor Book
1981
Work:
Doing Time
Category:
Children's Book
Organization:
Jane Addams Peace Association
Result:
Honor
American Library Association Best Book
1983
Work:
Juggling
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
Winner
American University Adjunct Professor of the Year
2010
Organization:
American University
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Juggling
1982 Young adult novelSet in the 1960s about a high school soccer player and his first romance, controversial for frankness about teenage life.
first romanceteenage lifesports
Separations
1990 Young adult novelTeenage tennis player Kim copes with family breakup after father leaves home.
family separationsportspersonal growth
Defectors
1988 Adult novel1950s novel about an American miler befriending a Soviet defector runner.
Cold Warfriendshipmorality
Translations
- Japanese edition 1990
The Store that Mama Built
1992 Young adult novelJewish immigrant family struggles to keep store after father's death.
immigrationfamilybusiness
Translations
- German edition 1995
Doing Time
1980 Young adult bookYoung adult book about prisons.
prisonssocial issues
The Political Speechwriter’s Companion
2009 Non-fictionGuide to techniques and strategies of modern political speechwriting.
speechwritingpolitical rhetoric
Democratic Orators from JFK to Barack Obama
2016 Non-fictionAnalyzes speeches of leading Democrats from JFK to Hillary Clinton.
oratoryDemocrats
Bibliography
- Juggling (1982)
- Defectors (1988)
- Separations (1990)
- The Store that Mama Built (1992)
- Doing Time (1980)
- The Political Speechwriter’s Companion (2009, 2nd ed. 2016)
- Democratic Orators from JFK to Barack Obama (2016)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Clear and structured styleUse of anecdotes and wit
- Recurring Motifs
- sportspoliticsfamily
Legacy
Known as the 'Dean of speechwriting', authored speeches for politicians and books on speechwriting, teaches at American University.
Trivia
- Parents were children of Jewish immigrants from Belarus.
- Brother David: violinist then federal government lawyer.
- Married to epidemiologist Dr. Susan Thaul for over 40 years.