Remembering E.L. Konigsburg (1930–2013)

“On Friday, April 19, E.L. Konigsburg passed away at 83, just one year older than Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the eccentric a narrator of her Newbery Medal winning novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Bail E. Frankweiler.”

Read more: http://oomscholasticblog.com/2013/04/remembering-e-l-konigsburg-1930-2013.html

 

“Konigsburg was only one of five authors to have won the Newbery Medal — the most prestigious award in children’s literature — twice. She was the only one to win it the same year, 1968, when she also won the Newbery honor;  with her Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth bested by her From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.”

Read more: http://artsblog.dallasnews.com/2013/04/remembering-e-l-konigsburg-beloved-author-and-two-time-newbery-medal-winner-who-died-friday.html/

 

“Elaine Lobl Konigsburg was trained as a chemist, but she found her true calling as a literary alchemist, mixing humor, mystery and pragmatism to create such classic children’s novels as From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and The View from Saturday.”

Read more: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2013/apr/24/corner-remembering-el-konigsburg/#ixzz2RVOkxzcZ

 

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