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{{Short description|American author of children's books}} |
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⚫ | '''Else Holmelund Minarik''' (September 13, 1920 – July 12, 2012) was |
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|url= http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/obituaries/article/53001-obituary-else-holmelund-minarik.html |
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| birth_place = [[Fredericia]], Denmark |
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| death_date = {{dda|2012|7|12|1920|9|13}} |
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|publisher= Publishers Weekly |
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|author= Shannon Maughan |
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| death_place = [[Sunset Beach, North Carolina|Sunset Beach]], [[North Carolina]], U.S. |
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|date= July 13, 2012 |
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| education = [[Queens College, City University of New York]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) |
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|accessdate= December 25, 2015}}</ref><ref name="ncarts">{{cite web |
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| years_active = 1957–2021 |
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|url= http://ncartseveryday.org/2012/07/remembering-%E2%80%9Clittle-bear%E2%80%9D-author-else-holmelund-minarik/ |
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|title= Remembering "Little Bear" Author Else Holmelund Minarik |
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⚫ | '''Else Holmelund Minarik''' (née '''Holmelund'''; September 13, 1920 – July 12, 2012) was a Danish-born American author of more than 40 children's books. She was most commonly associated with her ''[[Little Bear (book)|Little Bear]]'' series of children's books, which were [[Little Bear (TV series)|adapted for television]].<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|author=Julia Eccleshare |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jul/19/else-holmelund-minarik |title=Else Holmelund Minarik obituary | Books | guardian.co.uk |publisher=Guardian |date= July 19, 2012|accessdate=July 19, 2012 |location=London}}</ref> Minarik was also the author of another well-known book, ''No Fighting, No Biting!''<ref name="PW">{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/obituaries/article/53001-obituary-else-holmelund-minarik.html |title= Else Holmelund Minarik |publisher=Publishers Weekly |author=Shannon Maughan |date=July 13, 2012 |accessdate=December 25, 2015}}</ref><ref name="ncarts">{{cite web |url=http://ncartseveryday.org/2012/07/remembering-%E2%80%9Clittle-bear%E2%80%9D-author-else-holmelund-minarik/ |title=Remembering "Little Bear" Author Else Holmelund Minarik |publisher=North Carolina Arts Council |date=July 14, 2009 |accessdate=September 5, 2017 |archive-date=August 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816184945/http://ncartseveryday.org/2012/07/remembering-%e2%80%9clittle-bear%e2%80%9d-author-else-holmelund-minarik/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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|publisher= North Carolina Arts Council |
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|date= July 14, 2009 |
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|accessdate= September 5, 2017}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
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Born in [[Fredericia]], Denmark, Minarik immigrated to the United States at the age of four with her family. As a young child in Denmark, she was introduced to the stories of [[Hans Christian Andersen]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=Margalit |date=2012-07-14 |title=Else Holmelund Minarik, Author of Little Bear Books, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/14/books/else-holmelund-minarik-childrens-writer-dies-at-91.html |access-date=2024-07-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> By 1940, Else had married Walter Minarik, who died in 1963.<ref name="Guardian"/> After graduating from [[Queens College, City University of New York]] (B.A., 1942), she became a journalist, for the ''Daily Sentinel'' newspaper of [[Rome, New York]], during World War II. She subsequently lived on [[Long Island]], where she was employed as a first-grade teacher for the [[Commack School District]].<ref name="PW"/> Her first book, ''Little Bear'', was borne out of her desire to write something her students can read on their own.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=Margalit |date=2012-07-14 |title=Else Holmelund Minarik, Author of Little Bear Books, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/14/books/else-holmelund-minarik-childrens-writer-dies-at-91.html |access-date=2024-07-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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|url= http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/authors/else-holmelund-minarik |
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|title= Author: Else Holmelund Minarik |
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|publisher= Random House Group Limited |
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|accessdate= December 25, 2015}}</ref> |
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⚫ | She later lived in [[West Nottingham, New Hampshire]]. Minarik married her second husband, Pulitzer-winning journalist [[Homer Bigart]], in 1970;<ref name="Guardian" /> after his death in 1991, she moved to [[Sunset Beach, North Carolina|Sunset Beach]]<ref name="ncarts" /> in [[Brunswick County, North Carolina]], where she continued writing longhand, as she always had.<ref name="starnews">{{cite news |title='Little Bear' author creates in Calabash |author=Engel, MJ |url=http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20060215/NEWS/60214008 |newspaper=The StarNews |date=February 15, 2006 |accessdate=August 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/authors/else-holmelund-minarik |title=Author: Else Holmelund Minarik |publisher=Random House Group Limited |accessdate=December 25, 2015 |archive-date=September 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915225701/http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/authors/else-holmelund-minarik |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Minarik's last book, ''Little Bear and the Marco Polo'', was published in 2010. After having suffered a heart |
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|url= http://www.bookologymagazine.com/resources/authors-emeritus/minarik-else-holmelund/ |
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⚫ | Minarik's last book, ''Little Bear and the Marco Polo'', was published in 2010. After having suffered a heart attack at 91, she died at home from complications, on July 12, 2012.<ref name="PW"/><ref name=nytobit>{{cite news |title=Else Holmelund Minarik, Author of Little Bear Books, Dies at 91 |author=Fox, Margalit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/14/books/else-holmelund-minarik-childrens-writer-dies-at-91.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 13, 2012 |accessdate=August 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bookologymagazine.com/resources/authors-emeritus/minarik-else-holmelund/ |title=Minarik, Else Holmelund |date=May 15, 2015 |publisher=Bookology Magazine |accessdate=December 25, 2015}}</ref> |
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==Selected bibliography== |
==Selected bibliography== |
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*''[[Little Bear (book)|Little Bear]]'' series illustrated by [[Maurice Sendak]], except for the last ''Little Bear'' |
*''[[Little Bear (book)|Little Bear]]'' series (illustrated by [[Maurice Sendak]], except for the last entry): |
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*#''Little Bear'' (1957) |
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*#''Father Bear Comes Home'' (1959) |
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*#''Little Bear's Friend'' (1960) |
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*#''Little Bear's Visit'' (1961) |
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*#''A Kiss for Little Bear'' (1968) |
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*#''Little Bear and the Marco Polo'' (2010) – illustrated by Dorothy Doubleday<ref name="PW"/> |
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#''A Kiss for Little Bear'' (1968) |
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*''Cat and Dog'' (1960) – illustrated by Fritz Siebel (published with new illustrations by Bryan Langdo in 2005) |
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*''Cat and Dog'' (illustrated by Fritz Siebel) |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050217112741/http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=236 Holmelund Minarik at the Children's Literature Network] |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050217112741/http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=236 Holmelund Minarik at the Children's Literature Network] |
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*[http://www.nhpr.org/node/5130 New Hampshire Public Radio Interview] |
*[http://www.nhpr.org/node/5130 New Hampshire Public Radio Interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927082935/http://www.nhpr.org/node/5130 |date=September 27, 2011}} |
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Revision as of 08:48, 12 July 2024
Else Holmelund Minarik | |
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Born | Else Holmelund September 13, 1920 Fredericia, Denmark |
Died | July 12, 2012 Sunset Beach, North Carolina, U.S. | (aged 91)
Education | Queens College, City University of New York (BA) |
Years active | 1957–2021 |
Else Holmelund Minarik (née Holmelund; September 13, 1920 – July 12, 2012) was a Danish-born American author of more than 40 children's books. She was most commonly associated with her Little Bear series of children's books, which were adapted for television.[1] Minarik was also the author of another well-known book, No Fighting, No Biting![2][3]
Biography
Born in Fredericia, Denmark, Minarik immigrated to the United States at the age of four with her family. As a young child in Denmark, she was introduced to the stories of Hans Christian Andersen.[4] By 1940, Else had married Walter Minarik, who died in 1963.[1] After graduating from Queens College, City University of New York (B.A., 1942), she became a journalist, for the Daily Sentinel newspaper of Rome, New York, during World War II. She subsequently lived on Long Island, where she was employed as a first-grade teacher for the Commack School District.[2] Her first book, Little Bear, was borne out of her desire to write something her students can read on their own.[5]
She later lived in West Nottingham, New Hampshire. Minarik married her second husband, Pulitzer-winning journalist Homer Bigart, in 1970;[1] after his death in 1991, she moved to Sunset Beach[3] in Brunswick County, North Carolina, where she continued writing longhand, as she always had.[6][7]
Minarik's last book, Little Bear and the Marco Polo, was published in 2010. After having suffered a heart attack at 91, she died at home from complications, on July 12, 2012.[2][8][9]
Selected bibliography
- Little Bear series (illustrated by Maurice Sendak, except for the last entry):
- Little Bear (1957)
- Father Bear Comes Home (1959)
- Little Bear's Friend (1960)
- Little Bear's Visit (1961)
- A Kiss for Little Bear (1968)
- Little Bear and the Marco Polo (2010) – illustrated by Dorothy Doubleday[2]
- No Fighting, No Biting! (1958) – illustrated by Maurice Sendak
- Cat and Dog (1960) – illustrated by Fritz Siebel (published with new illustrations by Bryan Langdo in 2005)
- The Little Giant Girl and Elf Boy (1963) – illustrated by Garth Williams[10]
- Percy and the Five Houses (1989) – illustrated by James Stevenson
References
- ^ a b c Julia Eccleshare (July 19, 2012). "Else Holmelund Minarik obituary | Books | guardian.co.uk". London: Guardian. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
- ^ a b c d Shannon Maughan (July 13, 2012). "Else Holmelund Minarik". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
- ^ a b "Remembering "Little Bear" Author Else Holmelund Minarik". North Carolina Arts Council. July 14, 2009. Archived from the original on August 16, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
- ^ Fox, Margalit (July 14, 2012). "Else Holmelund Minarik, Author of Little Bear Books, Dies at 91". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
- ^ Fox, Margalit (July 14, 2012). "Else Holmelund Minarik, Author of Little Bear Books, Dies at 91". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
- ^ Engel, MJ (February 15, 2006). "'Little Bear' author creates in Calabash". The StarNews. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
- ^ "Author: Else Holmelund Minarik". Random House Group Limited. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
- ^ Fox, Margalit (July 13, 2012). "Else Holmelund Minarik, Author of Little Bear Books, Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
- ^ "Minarik, Else Holmelund". Bookology Magazine. May 15, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
- ^ The Little Giant Girl and the Elf Boy. Harper & Row. January 1963.
External links
- Holmelund Minarik at the Children's Literature Network
- New Hampshire Public Radio Interview Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- 1920 births
- 2012 deaths
- Queens College, City University of New York alumni
- Danish emigrants to the United States
- People from Rockingham County, New Hampshire
- American women children's writers
- People from Fredericia
- American children's writers
- 20th-century American writers
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- Writers from New York (state)
- Writers from New Hampshire