| 词条 | Barbara Wersba |
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| embed = | honorific_prefix = | name = Barbara Wersba | honorific_suffix = | image = Barbara_Wersba.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|8|19}} | birth_place = Chicago | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|2|18|1932|8|19}} | death_place = Englewood, New Jersey | resting_place = | occupation = | language = | residence = | nationality = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = Bard College | period = | genre = Children's | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = | module = | website = | portaldisp = }} Barbara Wersba (August 19, 1932 Chicago - February 18, 2018 Englewood, New Jersey) was an American youth and children's book author. LifeBarbara Wersba grew up in California and later in New York City, where she attended a private school and attended theater workshops. She studied at Bard College. After graduation, she returned to Greenwich Village and took acting lessons with Paul Mann. After several years at the theater, she began writing in the 1960s.[1] She is the author of thirty children's and teen books. The Dream Watcher, was first published in 1968. In 1973, she won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Children´s Literature Award) for Run softly, go fast, and in 1985, she was nominated for the award for The carnival in my mind. In 1977 she was nominated for the prestigious National Book Award for Tunes for a Small Harmonica. In addition, Wersba worked for many years as an author for the New York Times Review of Books.[1] In 1994, she founded her own, small publishing house with The Bookman Press.[2] She is best known for her work for young adolescents. At the center of her novels are often sensitive, often artistically gifted young people who feel misunderstood in their family environment, and find encouragement and self-affirmation in friendships with more unconventional, sometimes significantly older people.[3][4] Works
References1. ^1 {{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/obituaries/barbara-wersba-85-dies-wrote-candid-books-for-young-adults.html|title=Barbara Wersba, 85, Dies; Wrote Candid Books for Young Adults|date=2018-03-21|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-05-03|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://easthamptonstar.com/Obituaries/2018221/Barbara-Wersba-Author|title=Barbara Wersba, Author {{!}} The East Hampton Star|website=easthamptonstar.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-03}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803121749651|title=Barbara Wersba - Oxford Reference|access-date=2018-05-03}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://comment-news.com/story/d3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMTgvMDMvMjEvb2JpdHVhcmllcy9iYXJiYXJhLXdlcnNiYS04NS1kaWVzLXdyb3RlLWNhbmRpZC1ib29rcy1mb3IteW91bmctYWR1bHRzLmh0bWw|title=Barbara Wersba, 85, Dies; Wrote Candid Books for Young Adults|website=comment-news.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-03}} 5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-026368-3|title=Children's Book Review: Crazy Vanilla by Barbara Wersba, Author HarperCollins Publishers $11.95 (184p) ISBN 978-0-06-026368-3|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2018-05-03|language=en}} 6. ^{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/barbara-wersba-6/the-dream-watcher/|title=THE DREAM WATCHER by Barbara Wersba {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en-us}} External links{{Portal|Children's literature}}https://canios.wordpress.com/2018/02/21/remembering-barbara-wersba/ 3 : 1932 births|2018 deaths|American writers |
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