Margaret Mahy (1936–2012)
Auteur van The Seven Chinese Brothers
Over de Auteur
Margaret Mahy was born on March 21, 1936 in Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. She received a B.A. degree from the University of New Zealand. She worked as a nurse, an assistant librarian, and a children's librarian in England and New Zealand. Her first book, A Lion in the Meadow, was published toon meer in 1969. She became a full-time author in 1980. During her lifetime, she wrote more than 120 children's books including The Haunting, The Changeover, Memory, The Seven Chinese Brothers, The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate and A Summery Saturday Morning. She won the Esther Glen Award five times, the Carnegie Medal of the British Library Association three times, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Hans Christian Andersen Award, and in 1999, she won the New Zealand Post Children's Book Award in two categories, Picture Book and Supreme Award. She died after a brief illness on July 23, 2012 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: Courtesy of Allen and Unwin
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Werken van Margaret Mahy
Ultra-violet catastrophe! Or, The unexpected walk with Great-Uncle Magnus Pringle (1975) 72 exemplaren
Mahy Magic : a Collection of the Most Magical Stories from the Margaret Mahy Story Books (1975) 10 exemplaren
The horrible story and others : a collection of stories from the Margaret Mahy story books (1987) 6 exemplaren
Shock Forest and other magical stories: A Bloomsbury Reader (Bloomsbury Readers) (2020) 4 exemplaren
Zauberhexen - Hexenzauber. ( Ab 8 J.). 2 exemplaren
Barneys Besucher. ( Ab 10 J.). ( RTB Abenteuer). 2 exemplaren
Braille at Bedtime : Chibbawokki rain and The Girl with the Green Ear Number 2 (1 vol Stock no.175) 2 exemplaren
La bibliotecaria rapita 2 exemplaren
my wonderful aunt story one 1 exemplaar
The Father who walker on Hands 1 exemplaar
L'enlèvement de la bibliothécaire - FOLIO CADET PREMIERS ROMANS - de 8 à 10 ans (2018) 1 exemplaar
Nur weg hier. ( Ab 12 J.) 1 exemplaar
Das gesammelte Universum. ( RTB Flamingo). 1 exemplaar
Zauberhexen. Hexenzauber. ( Ab 8 J.). 1 exemplaar
Blitz und Donner Zeckenzahn. ( Ab 10 J.) 1 exemplaar
El secreto de la bibliotecaria 1 exemplaar
Sunshine Books Set (The Mad Puppet, Tai Taylor is Born, Mr. Rumfitt, The Haunting of Miss Cardamon) 1 exemplaar
El Rescate Con El Chicle Y Otras Historias (The Rescue with Chewing Gum and Other Stories) 1 exemplaar
Look Under V 1 exemplaar
The Old Bus 1 exemplaar
Las aventuras del cerdito ladrón 1 exemplaar
Maddigan's Quest [TV show] 1 exemplaar
Kiwi kids' collection 1 exemplaar
Mr Rooster's Dilemma 1 exemplaar
Secuestro de la bibliotecaria 1 exemplaar
An troid ar an chnoc 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Mahy, Margaret
- Officiële naam
- Mahy, Margaret
- Geboortedatum
- 1936-03-21
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2012-07-23
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- Nieuw-Zeeland
- Geboorteplaats
- Whakatane, New Zealand
- Plaats van overlijden
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- Woonplaatsen
- Governor's Bay, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand
- Opleiding
- Auckland University College
Canterbury University College (B.A. | 1955)
New Zealand Library School - Beroepen
- librarian
writer-in-residence (Canterbury University ∙ 1984)
children's book author - Organisaties
- Canterbury University
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Hans Christian Andersen Award (2006)
Member, Order of New Zealand
Honorary Doctorate ( [1985])
Artists to Antarctica (1998/99)
Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (2005)
May Hill Arbuthnot Lecturer (1989) (toon alle 8)
Margaret Mahy Medal ( [1991])
Sir Julius Vogel Award (Services to Science Fiction and Fantasy ∙ 2006)
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Discussies
British YA novel from '80s - girl becomes a witch to save her little brother in Name that Book (februari 2013)
RIP Margaret Mahy in The Green Dragon (augustus 2012)
YA Sci-fi/Fantasy Alchemist??? in Name that Book (augustus 2010)
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