Baquet's Guide to the World's Classics: CYA Lit

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Randall Jarrell, American Poet
(1914-1965)

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Name: Randall Jarrell
Birth: May 6, 1914, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Death: October 14, 1965, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Language: English
Who he was: American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, novelist remembered for The Woman at the Washington Zoo, The Lost World, Pictures from an Institution, and other poems. US Poet Laureate (1956-1958).
Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

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Salman Rushdie, British Kashmiri Writer
(1947 - )

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Name: Ahmad Salman Rushdie
Known as: Salman Rushdie
Birth: June 19, 1947, Mumbai, India
Language: English
Who he is: British Kashmiri novelist and essayist; Midnight's Children; The Satanic Verses; children's books: Haroun and the Sea of Stories; Luka and the Fire of Life
Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

Judy Blume, American Children's Author
(1938 - )

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Name: Judy Blume
Birth: February 12, 1938, Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Language: English
Who she is: American author of children's literature; Tiger Eyes; Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret; Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Lois Lowry, American Children's Author
(1937 - )

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Name: Lois Lowry
Birth: March 20, 1937, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Language: English
Who she is: American author of children's literature; The Giver Quartet: (The Giver; Gathering Blue; Messenger; Son); Number the Stars; series: Anastasia; Sam Krupnik; Tate Family; Gooney Bird

Susan Cooper, English Children's Author
(1935 - )

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Name: Susan Cooper
Birth: May 23, 1935, Burnham, England, UK
Language: English
Who she is: English author of children's literature; The Dark Is Rising series (Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark Is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree)

Maurice Sendak, American Illustrator and Writer
(1928-2012)

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Name: Maurice Sendak
Birth: June 10, 1928, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Death: May 8, 2012, Danbury, Connecticut, USA
Language: English
Who he was: American illustrator and writer of children's books; Where the Wild Things Are; In the Night Kitchen; Outside Over There

Lloyd Alexander, American Children's Author
(1924-2007)

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Name: Lloyd Alexander
Birth: January 30, 1924, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: May 17, 2007, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, USA
Language: English
Who he was: American author of children's literature; The Chronicles of Prydain (The Book of Three; The Black Cauldron; The Castle of Llyr; Taran Wanderer; The High King); the Westmark trilogy (Westmark; The Kestrel; The Beggar Queen)

T. H. White, English Novelist
(1906-1964)

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Name: Terence Hanbury ("Tim") White
Known as: T. H. White
Birth: May 29, 1906, Mumbai, India
Death: January 17, 1964, Piraeus, Greece
Language: English
Who he was: English novelist; The Once and Future King; (four parts: The Sword in the Stone; The Queen of Air and Darkness; The Ill-Made Knight; The Candle in the Wind); The Book of Beasts; The Book of Merlyn

Beverly Cleary, American Children's Author
(1916-2021)

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Name: Beverly Cleary
Birth: April 12, 1916, McMinnville, Oregon, USA
Death: March 25, 2021, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, USA
Language: English
Who she was: American author of children's literature; Henry Huggins series; Ramona series; The Mouse and the Motorcycle; Dear Mr. Henshaw

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Writer and Poet
(1900-1944)

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Name: Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry
Known as: Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Birth: June 29, 1900, Lyon, France
Death: July 31, 1944, Marseille, France
Language: French
Who he was: French writer and poet; The Little Prince; Wind, Sand and Stars; Night Flight

Philippa Pearce, English Children's Author
(1920-2006)

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Name: Ann Philippa Pearce
Known as: Philippa Pearce
Birth: January 22, 1920, Great Shelford, England, UK
Death: December 21, 2006, Durham, England, England, UK
Language: English
Who she was: English author of children's books; Tom's Midnight Garden; The Squirrel Wife; The Battle of Bubble and Squeak

A. A. Milne, English Children's Author
(1882-1956)

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Name: Alan Alexander Milne
Known as: A. A. Milne
Birth: January 18, 1882, Hampstead, England, UK
Death: January 31, 1956, Hartfield, England, UK
Language: English
Who he was: English novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, and short-story writer, and, most notably, author of children's literature: the Winnie-the-Pooh books

P. L. Travers, British Novelist and Children's Writer
(1899-1996)

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Name: Pamela Lyndon Travers (born Helen Lyndon Goff)
Known as: P. L. Travers
Birth: August 9, 1899, Maryborough, Australia
Death: April 23, 1996, London, England, UK
Language: English
Who she was: Australian-born British novelist and children's writer; the "Mary Poppins" series; spiritual writings

Padraic Colum, Irish Writer
(1881-1972)

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Name: Padraic Colum
Birth: December 8, 1881, County Longford, Republic of Ireland
Death: January 11, 1972, Enfield, Connecticut, USA
Language: English
Who he was: Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, playwright, children's author, and folklorist; The Saxon Shillin'; The King of Ireland's Son; The Children's Homer; Children of Odin: Nordic Gods and Heroes; The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles

Hilaire Belloc, Anglo-French Writer
(1870-1953)

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Name: Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc
Known as: Hilaire Belloc
Birth: July 27, 1870, La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France
Death: July 16, 1953, Guildford, England, UK
Language: English, French
Who he was: Anglo-French poet, writer, and historian; Cautionary Tales for Children; The Servile State; Europe and Faith; The Jews

Beatrix Potter, English Children's Author
(1866-1943)

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Name: Helen Beatrix Potter
Known as: Beatrix Potter
Birth: July 28, 1866, Kensington, London, England, UK
Death: December 22, 1943, Near and Far Sawrey, England, UK
Language: English
Who she was: English natural scientist and children's author; The Tale of Peter Rabbit and others

J. M. Barrie, Scottish Novelist and Playwright
(1860-1937)

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Name: James Matthew Barrie
Known as: J. M. Barrie
Birth: May 9, 1860, Kirriemuir, Scotland, UK
Death: June 19, 1937, London, England, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Scottish novelist and playwright; Peter Pan; The Little White Bird; plays The Admirable Crichton; What Every Woman Knows
Included in lists (What's This?): GC

Kenneth Grahame, British Writer
(1859-1932)

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Name: Kenneth Grahame
Birth: March 8, 1859, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Death: July 6, 1932, Pangbourne, England, UK
Language: English
Who he was: British writer; The Wind in the Willows; The Reluctant Dragon

E. Nesbit, English Children's Author and Poet
(1858-1924)

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Name: Edith Nesbit
Known as: E. Nesbit
Birth: August 15, 1858, Kennington, London, England, UK
Death: May 4, 1924, New Romney, England, UK
Language: English
Who she was: English author of children's literature and poet; the Bastable series; The Railway Children; over a dozen more children's books, as well as stories and adult novels

L. Frank Baum, American Children's Author
(1856-1919)

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Name: Lyman Frank Baum
Known as: L. Frank Baum
Birth: May 15, 1856, Chittenango, New York, USA
Death: May 6, 1919, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Language: English
Who he was: American children's author; the Wizard of Oz series
Included in lists (What's This?): GC

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