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Eva Ibbotson (1925–2010)

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Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, Austria, on January 21, 1925. She graduated from Bedford College, London with a degree in physiology in 1945 and the University of Durham with a degree in education in 1965. Her first book, The Great Ghost Rescue, was published in 1975. She primarily wrote näytä lisää children's book and romance novels for adults and young adults. Her other works include The Secret of Platform 13, The Star of Kazan, Which Witch?, Island of the Aunts, Dial-a-Ghost, The Ogre of Oglefort, A Company of Swans, and A Song For Summer. She won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for Journey to the River Sea. She died on October 20, 2010 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän

Tekijän teokset

The Secret of Platform 13 (1994) 2,523 kappaletta
Virta vie viidakkoon (2001) 2,073 kappaletta
Voi noita noitia (1979) 1,857 kappaletta
The Secret Countess (1981) 1,735 kappaletta
Island of the Aunts (1999) 1,550 kappaletta
Kazanin tähti (2004) 1,328 kappaletta
A Company of Swans (1985) 968 kappaletta
Dial-a-Ghost (1996) 958 kappaletta
A Song for Summer (1997) 916 kappaletta
The Morning Gift (1993) 910 kappaletta
Pelastakaa kummitukset (1975) 795 kappaletta
Magic Flutes (1982) 727 kappaletta
The Dragonfly Pool (2008) 663 kappaletta
Aika hyviä noidiksi (1989) 455 kappaletta
The Beasts of Clawstone Castle (2005) 394 kappaletta
Aaveet muuttavat länteen (1987) 363 kappaletta
One Dog and His Boy (2011) 344 kappaletta
Madensky Square (1988) 259 kappaletta
The Ogre of Oglefort (2010) 217 kappaletta
The Abominables (2012) 207 kappaletta
Not Just a Witch and Dial a Ghost (2002) 30 kappaletta
Mountwood School for Ghosts (1837) 29 kappaletta
Beyond Platform 13 (2019) 18 kappaletta
Wonder of Nature (Little Books) (1997) 2 kappaletta
Was der Morgen bringt (2024) 2 kappaletta
Books 1 kappale
Fantasmi in riserva (2023) 1 kappale
Gran Angular 1 kappale

Associated Works

Heidi (Children's classics) (1880) — Johdanto, eräät painokset10,143 kappaletta
Setä Pitkäsääri (1912) — Johdanto, eräät painokset3,301 kappaletta
Fantasy Stories (1994) — Avustaja — 322 kappaletta
Manja: The Story of Five Children (1938) — Preface, eräät painokset148 kappaletta
Good Housekeeping Short Story Collection (1997) — Avustaja — 15 kappaletta

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Yleistieto

Kanoninen nimi
Ibbotson, Eva
Virallinen nimi
Wiesner Ibbotson, Eva Maria Charlotte Michelle
Syntymäaika
1925-01-25
Kuolinaika
2010-10-20
Sukupuoli
female
Kansalaisuus
Austria
UK
Syntymäpaikka
Vienna, Austria
Kuolinpaikka
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England, UK
Kuolinsyy
heart attack
Asuinpaikat
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
London, England, UK
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
Koulutus
University of London (BA|1945 - Bedford College, Physiology)
University of Cambridge
University of Durham (Dipl. 1965)
Ammatit
teacher
biologist
children's book author
Suhteet
Gmeyner, Anna (mother)
Ibbotson, Alan (husband)
Wiesner, Bertold (father)
Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (2001, 2004)
Lyhyt elämäkerta
Eva Ibbotson (born Maria Charlotte Michelle Wiesner, 1925, Vienna, Austria) was a British novelist specializing in romance and children's fantasy. Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1925. When Hitler came into power, Ibbotson's family moved to England. She attended Bedford College, graduating in 1945; Cambridge University from 1946-47; and the University of Durham, from which she graduated with a diploma in education in 1965. Ibbotson had intended to be a physiologist, but was put off by the amount of animal testing that she would have to do. Instead, she married and raised a family, returning to school to become a teacher in the 1960's. Ibbotson was widowed with three sons and a daughter.

Ibottson began writing with the television drama Linda Came Today, in 1965. Ten years later, she published her first novel, The Great Ghost Rescue. Ibbotson has written numerous books including The Secret of Platform 13, Journey to the River Sea, Which Witch?, Island of the Aunts, and Dial-a-Ghost. She won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for Journey to the River Sea, and has been a runner up for many of major awards for British children's literature. The books are imaginative and humorous, and most of them feature magical creatures and places, despite the fact that she disliked thinking about the supernatural, and created the characters because she wanted to decrease her readers' fear of such things. Some of the books, particularly Journey to the River Sea, also reflect Ibbotson's love of nature. Ibbotson wrote this book in honor of her husband (who had died just before she wrote it), a former naturalist. The book had been in her head for years before she actually wrote it. Ibbotson said she dislikes "financial greed and a lust for power" and often creates antagonists in her books who have these characteristics. Some have been struck by the similarity of "Platform 9 3/4" in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books to Ibbotson's The Secret of Platform 13, which came out three years before the first Harry Potter book.

Her love of Austria is evident in works such as The Star Of Kazan and A Song For Summer. These books, set primarily in the Austrian countryside, display the author's love for nature and all things natural.

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Downton abbey on crack.
 
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sweetimpact | 63 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 18, 2024 |
This is a truly delightful, old-fashioned story set in beautiful Vienna. Much like The Little Princess, it features a sweet child who is penniless and ill treated until the mystery is all worked out. While not a mystery that the reader doesn't figure out a little too soon, the characters and writing area all worth the read.
 
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mslibrarynerd | 40 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 13, 2024 |
Wildly imaginative; wicked good fun from the first page, for the young and the young at heart.
 
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D_J_Walker | 30 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Sep 27, 2023 |
A forgotten door on an abandoned railway platform is the entrance to a magical kingdom--an island where humans live happily with mermaids, ogres, and other wonderful creatures. Carefully hidden from the world, the Island is only accessible when the door opens for nine days every nine years. When the beastly Mrs. Trottle kidnaps the Island's young prince, it's up to a strange band of rescuers to save him. But can the rescuers--an ogre, a hag, a wizard, and a fey--sneak around London unnoticed? Fans of Roald Dahl, Lewis Carroll, and E. Nesbit will delight in this comic fantasy.… (lisätietoja)
 
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PlumfieldCH | 39 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Sep 21, 2023 |

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