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Jansson, Tove

by Mr. Anderson - Thursday, February 21, 2013, 1:12 PM
 

Born in 1914 in Helsinki, Finland, Tove Jansson, the daughter of a sculptor and a designer, studied painting in Finland, Sweden, and France. In addition to her success as an artist, jansson wrote and illustrated many children's books as well as comic strips, plays, and books for adults. Known worldwide as the creator of the Moomin books, a series that echoes Scandinavian folklore, Jansson was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1966. Her books have been translated into more than thirty languages. She died in 2001.


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Jarrell, Randall

by Mr. Anderson - Thursday, February 21, 2013, 1:22 PM
 

Randall Jarrell was born in 1914 in Nashville, Tennessee. He had a reputation for being an exacting literary critic and an intense lover of literature. He was also admired as a poet and won the National Book Award in 1961 for The Woman at the Washington Zoo, one of his six books of poetry. In addition to his poetry and criticism, Jarrell wrote a novel and children's books, edited anthologies, and translated a number of works, including stories by the Grimm brothers. He died in 1965.


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Jiménez, Francisco

by Mr. Anderson - Thursday, February 21, 2013, 1:18 PM
 

Born in Tlaquepaque, Mexico, in 1943, Francisco Jiménez has won many awards for The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child from which "Learning the Game" appears.  Jiménez was choosen as the 2002 U.S. Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Supoprt of Education (CASE) and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for his work as a professor and program director at Santa Clara University.