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Helen Weaver (June 18, 1931 – April 13, 2021) [1] was an American writer and translator. She translated over fifty books from French. She translated over fifty books from French. Antonin Artaud: Selected Writings was a Finalist for the National Book Award in translation in 1977.
Helen wrote her first novel about a teenage girl in a New York City high school, on three notebooks on her kitchen table when she was a teenager herself. The book was never published, however, and, after high school, she worked at jobs selling underwear, stuffing envelopes, teaching ballroom dancing, and typing manuscripts.
Helen Clark MacInnes was born on October 7, 1907, in Glasgow to Donald MacInnes and Jessica McDiarmid, and had a traditional Scots Presbyterian upbringing. MacInnes graduated from the University of Glasgow in Scotland in 1928 with an MA in French and German.
Helen Schulman (born April 1961) is an American novelist, short story, non-fiction, and screenwriter. Her fifth novel, This Beautiful Life, was an international bestseller, and was chosen in the 100 Notable Books of 2011 by the New York Times Book Review.
Tacky the Penguin is a series of children's picture books written by Lester and illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. [2] [3] [4] Tacky is a fictional animal character whose individuality and humorous antics make him particularly appealing to young children. [5] He first appeared in Tacky the Penguin, [6] and subsequently in nine more books between ...
Perhaps her most famous book was The African Violet, published in 1948. Wilson wrote a book about her own garden at Stony Brook Cottage in Westport, Connecticut in 1973, Helen Van Pelt Wilson's Own Garden and Landscape Book. In 1978, she published her twentieth book, Color for Your Winter Yard and Garden. She wrote, "Apparently I am the last ...
Aberson-Mayer met Harold Pearl in October 1937, and they married on February 14, 1938. [4] [5] [7] They co-wrote the Dumbo story and sold it to Roll-a-Book in 1939.No copies of the roll-a-book version have been found, though proofs of the story and examples of earlier versions of the medium indicate it may have existed.
An editor at Harper's read her short story "The Sound of Home" published in Common Ground and approached her about turning it into a book. [2] Working with her husband, Helen wrote Anything Can Happen (1945), a humorous account of George's experiences as a new immigrant in the United States.