| 词条 | Byrd Baylor |
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| name = Byrd Baylor | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1924|03|28|df=y}} | birth_place = San Antonio, Texas | birth_name = | death_date = | death_place = | parents = | occupation = Novelist | pen_name = | genre = Children's literature | notableworks = Amigo | spouse = | children = | influences = | influenced = | website = }} Byrd Baylor Schweitzer (born March 28, 1924) is an American novelist, essayist, and author of picture books for children. Four of her books have achieved Caldecott Honor status. BackgroundByrd Baylor was born in March 1924 in San Antonio, Texas.[1] She is related to Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor, the namesake of Baylor University, and to Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Her first name, Byrd, is taken from her mother's maiden name.[2] Baylor attended the University of Arizona.[1] WritingBaylor's work presents images of the Southwest and an intense connection between the land and the Native American people.[1] Her prose illustrates vividly the value of simplicity, the natural world, and the balance of life within it.[3] PersonalBaylor currently lives in Arivaca, Arizona, in an adobe house that does not have electricity, but with three manual typewriters.[4] Caldecott HonorsBaylor was awarded Caldecott Honors for her books When Clay Sings (1973) with illustrator Tom Bahti, and The Desert is Theirs (1976), Hawk, I'm Your Brother (1977), and The Way to Start a Day (1979) with illustrator Peter Parnall.[5] Bibliography{{Library resources box|by=yes|viaf=1252817}}
References1. ^1 2 "Byrd Baylor Papers." University of Minnesota: The Children's Literature Research Collections. Retrieved 11 July 2012. {{Portal |Children's literature}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Baylor, Byrd}}2. ^{{cite web|title=Bonnie Henry : Desert druid writes on|url=http://azstarnet.com/lifestyles/article_44bb6c9b-de27-5a91-b402-259727e10e17.html|accessdate=28 May 2012}} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Birthday Bios: Byrd Baylor |url=http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/03mar/3-28baylor.html |accessdate=28 May 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512031920/http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/03mar/3-28baylor.html |archivedate=12 May 2012 |df= }} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Authors Attending the 2004 Northern Arizona Book Festival|url=http://www.flagstaffcentral.com/bookfest2004/authors2004/baylor.html|accessdate=28 May 2012}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecotthonors/caldecottmedal|accessdate=28 May 2012|title=Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938-Present}} 3 : 1924 births|American children's writers|Living people |
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