Claire Huchet Bishop | |
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Born | 30 December 1898 Switzerland |
Died | 13 March 1993 (aged 94) Paris, France |
Nationality | Swiss |
Education | Sorbonne, University of Paris |
Known for | Writing, writer, children's literature, poet, lecturer, editor |
Notable work | The Five Chinese Brothers, Pancakes-Paris, All Alone, and Twenty and Ten |
Claire Huchet Bishop (30 December 1898 – 13 March 1993) [1] was a Swiss children's writer and librarian. She wrote two Newbery Medal runners-up, Pancakes-Paris (1947) and All Alone (1953), and she won the Josette Frank Award for Twenty and Ten (1952). Her first English-language children's book became a classic: The Five Chinese Brothers, illustrated by Kurt Wiese and published in 1938, was named to the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list in 1959.
Claire Huchet was born in Geneva, Switzerland [2] and grew up in France [3] or Geneva. [4] She attended the Sorbonne and started the first children's library in France. [4] After marrying the American concert pianist Frank Bishop, [2] she moved to the United States, worked for the New York City Public Library from 1932–36, [5] and was an apologist for Roman Catholicism and an opponent [2] of antisemitism. [3]
She was a lecturer and storyteller throughout the US and was a children's book editor for Commonweal for some time. [5]
Bishop was the President of International Council of Christians and Jews from 1975–77 and the Jewish-Christian Fellowship of France from 1976-81. [5]
Two of her books were made into films. [6]
After residing in New York for 50 years, Bishop returned to France and died in Paris in 1993. [2] She was 94 years old and died of a hemorrhage of the aorta. [6]
Claire Huchet Bishop | |
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Born | 30 December 1898 Switzerland |
Died | 13 March 1993 (aged 94) Paris, France |
Nationality | Swiss |
Education | Sorbonne, University of Paris |
Known for | Writing, writer, children's literature, poet, lecturer, editor |
Notable work | The Five Chinese Brothers, Pancakes-Paris, All Alone, and Twenty and Ten |
Claire Huchet Bishop (30 December 1898 – 13 March 1993) [1] was a Swiss children's writer and librarian. She wrote two Newbery Medal runners-up, Pancakes-Paris (1947) and All Alone (1953), and she won the Josette Frank Award for Twenty and Ten (1952). Her first English-language children's book became a classic: The Five Chinese Brothers, illustrated by Kurt Wiese and published in 1938, was named to the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list in 1959.
Claire Huchet was born in Geneva, Switzerland [2] and grew up in France [3] or Geneva. [4] She attended the Sorbonne and started the first children's library in France. [4] After marrying the American concert pianist Frank Bishop, [2] she moved to the United States, worked for the New York City Public Library from 1932–36, [5] and was an apologist for Roman Catholicism and an opponent [2] of antisemitism. [3]
She was a lecturer and storyteller throughout the US and was a children's book editor for Commonweal for some time. [5]
Bishop was the President of International Council of Christians and Jews from 1975–77 and the Jewish-Christian Fellowship of France from 1976-81. [5]
Two of her books were made into films. [6]
After residing in New York for 50 years, Bishop returned to France and died in Paris in 1993. [2] She was 94 years old and died of a hemorrhage of the aorta. [6]