E. B. White
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Alice, Beatrix and Harry: Valuable children's literature collection up for auction...girl inspired Lewis Carroll to write "Alice." Other first-edition children's books for auction include "Stuart Little" signed by E.B. White; "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien; "Watership Down" by Richard Adams; and "Mother... In this article: Beatrix Potter, Alice, Harry Potter, Pat McInally, John Tenniel, William Plomer, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, L. Frank Baum, Alice, and Dorothy |
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Wired: Underwire | November 13, 2009
Where the Botched Children's Book Adaptations Are
...Lawson Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2006) In the first couple of Stuart Little animated features, Michael J. Fox voiced E.B. White's plucky mouse creation with pitch-perfect pizzazz. However, by the time Chapter 3 came around,...
In this article: Wired.com, Willy Wonka, Johnny Depp, Stuart Little, Sleeping Beauty, and Smaug
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National Public Radio | November 11, 2009
'Paris Review' Author Interviews: 50 Years Of Insight
...that question answered"); Stephen Sondheim admitting that he uses the Clement Wood rhyming dictionary and Roget's Thesaurus; E. B. White on Charlotte's Web ("Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up,...
In this article: The Paris Review, William Faulkner, Bill Buford, John Ashbery, William Styron, Blandings Castle, and Midnight's Children
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Midland Daily News | November 05, 2009
Bullock Creek spins 'Charlotte's Web'
...and his sense of finding true friendship." The play runs Thursday through Sunday at the BCHS auditorium. The adaptation of E. B. White's classic children's book is by Joseph Robinette, and BCHS Theatre Director Jennifer Collison said...
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thestar.com | October 25, 2009
Nicholson Baker: The antagonist protagonist
...Baker reaches into his shoulder bag and yanks out a bruised, paperback copy of an anthology of writing by the legendary essayist E.B. White. The point isn't that the volume is a cherished object - although, this being Nicholson Baker, it...
In this article: Nicholson Baker, World War II, Fermata, Maine, Amplification, Dog, E.B. White, and Double Fold
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washingtonpost.com | October 23, 2009
Free for All Roundup of Short Critiques of The Post
...to be seen as the filmmakers' "ur-text" ["Kvetcher in the Wry," Style, Oct. 9]. Regarding amuse-bouche, as William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White say in their classic, "The Elements of Style, "Some writers, from sheer exuberance or a desire to...
In this article: Anglicans, Delaware, Catholic Church, Vatican, Mike Castle, A Serious Man, William Strunk Jr., and Beau Biden
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PR Newswire | October 21, 2009
Renaissance Learning Releases 2010 Edition of Groundbreaking Reading Habits Report: What Kids Are Reading: The Book-Reading Habits of Students in American Schools
...same popular titles with a lasting presence remain high on the list, including many titles by Dr. Seuss and Charlotte's Web by E.B. White. In the middle grades, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and Gary Paulsen's Hatchet remain top reads. In spite...
In this article: Renaissance Learning, Accelerated Reader, Jeff Kinney, Twilight series, Lois Lowry, Of Mice and Men, Gary Paulsen, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Wisconsin
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Baltimore Sun | October 10, 2009
Maurice Sendak rewrote the rules with 'Wild Things'
...which we didn't." Sendak's books differed even from the more serious writers of the '40s and '50s, such as Robert McCloskey and E.B. White, Lerer says. Their stories -- in such books as "Blueberries for Sal" and "Stuart Little,"...
In this article: Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze, Robert McCloskey, Susan Patron, Where the Wild Things Are, Tony Kushner, Scuffy the Tugboat, Little Golden Books, and Brooklyn
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Neatorama | September 20, 2009
The Spiders That Decorate Their Own Webs
...done, the jury is still out for the final verdict. They do, however, look fantastic. In the early nineteen fifties the children's author EB White was struggling to come up with ideas for his second novel. One day he noticed the additional...
In this article: EB White, Dog, and Charlotte's Web
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Boston Globe -- Ideas | August 08, 2009
Vive la difference
In fact, it shows up in the foreword to the 1999 edition of "The Elements of Style," where Roger Angell - E.B. White's stepson - writes, "I sometimes saw [White] reading his [New Yorker] piece over to himself, with only a slightly different...
In this article: E.B. White, Bryan Garner, Roger Angell, Self-consciousness, Charles Mackay, American Heritage Dictionary, Garner's Modern American Usage, and The Elements of Style
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The State | July 29, 2009
Classic guide for writers marks 50th anniversary
...and Sullivan, Lennon and McCartney, Woodward and Bernstein. But while those pairs were contemporaries, William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White worked four decades apart, yet the little known turn-of-the-century Cornell University English...
In this article: Elwyn Brooks White, Cornell, The Elements of Style, National Council, and The New Yorker
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Elwyn Brooks "E. B." White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer. He wrote children's books like Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little.
White graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1921. He picked up the nickname "Andy" at Cornell, where tradition confers that moniker on any male student surnamed White, after Cornell co-founder Andrew Dickson White. While at Cornell, he worked as editor of The Cornell Daily Sun with classmate Allison Danzig who later became a sportswriter for The New York Times. White was also a member of the Quill and Dagger society and Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI). He wrote for The Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer and worked as an ad man before returning to New York City in 1924.
He published his first article in The New Yorker magazine in 1925, then joined the staff in 1927 and continued to contribute for six decades. Best recognized for his essays and unsigned "Notes and Comment" pieces, he gradually became the most important contributor to The New Yorker at a time when it was arguably the most important American literary magazine. He also served as a columnist for Harper's Magazine from 1938 to 1943.
In 1959, White edited and updated The Elements of Style. This handbook of grammatical and stylistic dos and don'ts for writers of American English had been written and published in 1918 by William Strunk, Jr., one of White's professors at Cornell. White's rework of the book was extremely well received, and further editions of the work followed in 1972, 1979, and 1999; an illustrated edition followed in 2005. That same year, a New York composer named Nico Muhly premiered a short opera based on the book. The volume is a standard tool for students and writers and remains required reading in many composition classes.
- Name At Birth:
- Elwyn Brooks White
- Birth Date:
- July 11, 1899
- Birthplace:
- Mount Vernon, New York
- Death Date:
- October 01, 1985
- Place of Death:
- North Brooklin, Maine
- Occupation:
- Author
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