Russell Hoban (1925–2011)
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Russell Hoban was born in Lansdale, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1925. He attended art school in Philadelphia and during World War II, he served in the Army and earned a Bronze Star. He taught art in New York and Connecticut, and also worked as an advertising copywriter and a freelance illustrator näytä lisää before beginning his career as a writer. He began publishing children's books in the late 1950s, including What Does It Do and How Does It Work?, Bedtime for Frances and the six other books featuring Frances, The Story of Hester Mouse Who Became a Writer, What Happened When Jack and Daisy Tried to Fool the Tooth Fairies, and The Mouse and His Child, which was adapted as an animated film in 1977. In 1973, he published his first adult novel, The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz. His other books for adults include Turtle Diary, Pilgermann, and Ridley Walker. He received the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and the Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award for Ridley Walker. He died on December 13 at the age of 86. In 2015 he made the Kate Greenaway Medal shortlist for his title Jim's Lion wth illlustrator Alexis Deacon. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
Image credit: Photograph courtesy of Lisa Greenstein, 2005.
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Tekijän teokset
Riddley Walker / The Medusa Frequency 43 kappaletta
How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen/ A Near Thing for Captain Najork (Flippers 2 Books in 1) (1974) 14 kappaletta
What does it do and how does it work?: Power shovel, dump truck, and other heavy machines (1959) 4 kappaletta
Kleine Schwester für Fränzi. ( ding-dong- B.) 2 kappaletta
The Second Mrs Kong 2 kappaletta
Super Drache. 1 kappale
A bargain for Frances and other stories 1 kappale
Dark Oliver 1 kappale
A Bargain for Frances ; Best Friends for Frances ; Egg Thoughts & other Frances Songs ; Glynis Johns 1 kappale
Bernard Le Clochard 1 kappale
Associated Works
The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud (1998) — Tekijä — 1,561 kappaletta
The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss (2000) — Avustaja — 216 kappaletta
21: 21 Picador Authors Celebrate 21 Years of International Writing (1993) — Avustaja — 53 kappaletta
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 1, September 1976 — Avustaja — 2 kappaletta
Turtle Diary [1985 film] — Original story — 1 kappale
The Marizipan Pig [1990 TV episode] — Original book — 1 kappale
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Kanoninen nimi
- Hoban, Russell
- Virallinen nimi
- Hoban, Russell Conwell
- Syntymäaika
- 1925-02-04
- Kuolinaika
- 2011-12-13
- Hautapaikka
- Mortlake Crematorium, London
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
- Kuolinpaikka
- London, England, UK
- Kuolinsyy
- congestive heart failure
- Asuinpaikat
- London, England, UK
Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
Wilton, Connecticut, USA - Koulutus
- Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art
- Ammatit
- novelist
advertising artist
advertising copywriter
children's book author
TV art director
illustrator (näytä kaikki 7)
librettist - Suhteet
- Hoban, Lillian (wife)
Hoban, Brom (son)
Hoban, Tana (sister)
Hoban, Phoebe (daughter)
Hoban, Wieland (son) - Organisaatiot
- United States Army (WWII)
- Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Bronze Star
Whitbread Book Award (1974)
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1982)
Jäseniä
Keskustelut
Young Reader series, about a family of skunks or badgers?, Name that Book (tammikuu 2012)
Children's book about clockwork mice, Name that Book (huhtikuu 2009)
Kirja-arvosteluja
Riddley Walker Tekijä: Russell Hoban
https://speculiction.blogspot.com/2024/03/review-of-riddley-walker-by-russell.ht...
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Frances and Thelma are friends -- most of the time.
Thelma always seems to get Frances into trouble. When she tricks Frances into buying her tea set, it's the last straw. Can Frances show her that it's better to lose a bargain than lose a friend?
Thelma always seems to get Frances into trouble. When she tricks Frances into buying her tea set, it's the last straw. Can Frances show her that it's better to lose a bargain than lose a friend?
‘Two minds full of turtle thoughts’
Quirky middle-aged single introverts ✅ mild existential introspection ✅ environmentally conscious anti-establishment animal rescue ✅ Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban couldn’t fail in seducing me with it’s heartwarming tale. The two said introverts coincidentally (due to the fact they don’t know each other) decide at the same time to do something about the two giant sea turtles at their local zoo which are kept cramped in a tiny tank. The turtles serve as the fulcrum to the lives of Neaera H. a scatty children’s author and new owner of a stolid water beetle and William G. a hard-up divorcee who has lost everything to his ex-wife, but this isn’t a particularly sentimental or predictable tale. It is rather an examination on middle age, loneliness, authenticity and self awareness.
The second role of the turtles is a metaphorical one: they are a symbol of being true to oneself, of concentrating on what is important in your life and accepting who you are. I have collected a lot of Hoban’s works after I read a review drawing comparisons between him and #kurtvonnegut. After my first venture I wouldn’t particularly agree with this, however there is no doubt he was a talented writer and I’m looking forward to the ten or so others of his books I’ve bought, happy in the knowledge he’s good and my unrestrained purchasing seems like it won’t end up being foolish!… (lisätietoja)
Quirky middle-aged single introverts ✅ mild existential introspection ✅ environmentally conscious anti-establishment animal rescue ✅ Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban couldn’t fail in seducing me with it’s heartwarming tale. The two said introverts coincidentally (due to the fact they don’t know each other) decide at the same time to do something about the two giant sea turtles at their local zoo which are kept cramped in a tiny tank. The turtles serve as the fulcrum to the lives of Neaera H. a scatty children’s author and new owner of a stolid water beetle and William G. a hard-up divorcee who has lost everything to his ex-wife, but this isn’t a particularly sentimental or predictable tale. It is rather an examination on middle age, loneliness, authenticity and self awareness.
The second role of the turtles is a metaphorical one: they are a symbol of being true to oneself, of concentrating on what is important in your life and accepting who you are. I have collected a lot of Hoban’s works after I read a review drawing comparisons between him and #kurtvonnegut. After my first venture I wouldn’t particularly agree with this, however there is no doubt he was a talented writer and I’m looking forward to the ten or so others of his books I’ve bought, happy in the knowledge he’s good and my unrestrained purchasing seems like it won’t end up being foolish!… (lisätietoja)
A cute and humorous look at sibling rivalry and bickering. Harvey Muskrat and his older sister, Mildred, try to one-up each other with the exciting things they are doing this summer, like a party or secret club, to which the other isn't invited.
I like the minimal but amusing impact of the parents on a story that is truly about the kids working things out for themselves.
I like the minimal but amusing impact of the parents on a story that is truly about the kids working things out for themselves.
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