Was studierte Lois Lowry?
Gemeinsam bekamen sie vier Kinder. 1972, als ihre Kinder schon etwas älter waren, schloss Lowry ihr Studium in englischer Literatur in Portland ab. Parallel machte sie sich einen Namen als Fotografin und konnte nun freiberuflich als Journalistin arbeiten.
Wann wurde das Buch The Giver von Lois Lowry veröffentlicht?
1993
Hüter der Erinnerung/Datum der Erstveröffentlichung
Hüter der Erinnerung ist ein 1993 erschienener Roman der US-amerikanischen Schriftstellerin Lois Lowry. Der Roman trägt im englischsprachigen Original den Titel The Giver, er weist Züge eines Jugendromans und einer Dystopie auf.
What awards did Lois Lowry win for the giver?
Lowry won the Newbery Medal in 1990 for her novel Number the Stars, and again in 1994 for The Giver. For Number the Stars, Lowry has also received the National Jewish Book Award in 1990, in the Children’s Literature category, and the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award in 1991. In 1994, Lowry was awarded the Regina Medal.
How many Newbery Medals has Lois Lowry won?
Lowry has won two Newbery Medals: for Number the Stars in 1990 and The Giver in 1994. Her book Gooney Bird Greene won the 2002 Rhode Island Children’s Book Award. A film adaptation of The Giver was released in 2014.
What has sustained Lois Lowry through hard times?
Writing about both humorous and serious issues has sustained Lois Lowry through her own hard times. Her son Grey, a USAF major, was killed in the crash of his fighter plane in 1995. Lowry has acknowledged that this was the most difficult day of her life, but through her steady work as an author, she has persevered.
How old was Lois Lowry when she wrote a summer to die?
In 1977, when she was 40 years old, Lowry had her first book A Summer to Die published. During that same year, she and her then-husband Donald Lowry divorced. Not long after, however, she met and married another man named Martin Small as her second husband.