One of my bookclub friends sent this (without a link
however); I still reread some of the 'Austin Family'
series from time to time.
> HARTFORD, Conn. - Author Madeleine L'Engle, whose
> novel "A Wrinkle in Time" has been enjoyed by
> generations of schoolchildren and adults since the
> 1960s, has died, her publicist said Friday. She was
> 88.
> L'Engle died Thursday at a nursing home in
> Litchfield of natural causes...
> The Newbery Medal winner wrote more than 60 books,
> including fantasies, poetry and memoirs, often
> highlighting spiritual themes and her Christian
> faith.
>
> Although L'Engle was often labeled a children's
> author, she disliked that classification. In a 1993
> Associated Press interview, she said she did not
> write down to children.
>
> "In my dreams, I never have an age," she said. "I
> never write for any age group in mind. When people
> do, they tend to be tolerant and condescending and
> they don't write as well as they can write.
>
> "When you underestimate your audience, you're
> cutting yourself off from your best work."
>
> "A Wrinkle in Time" which L'Engle said was
> rejected repeatedly before it found a publisher in
> 1962 won the American Library Association's 1963
> Newbery Medal for best American children's book.
> Her "A Ring of Endless Light" was a Newbery Honor
> Book, or medal runner-up, in 1981.
And it featured dolphins; Norberta and Basil, IIRC. I
really like this one.
> In 2004, President Bush awarded her a National
> Humanities Medal.
Well, you can't blame her for that...<snideness, but
not directed toward her>
Debbi
Philosophy, (Meta?)Physics And Faith Maru
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