Lilian Moore
Lilian Moore | |
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Born | March 17, 1909 New York |
Died | July 20, 2004 Seattle |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Sara Asheron |
Lilian Moore (pen name, Sara Asheron; March 17, 1909–July 20, 2004), was a writer of children's books, teacher and poet.
Biography[]
Lilian Moore was born in New York City on 17 March 1909. She was educated in Hunter College where she graduated with a bachelor in Arts in 1930. She then continued with some graduate work in Columbia University. Moore became an elementary teacher working with illiterate children which encouraged her to go work with the where she trained other teachers to deal with students' reading difficulties. During that time Moore began working on children's readers. She then went to work as an editor for Scholastic Corporation in 1957 until 1967. Moore founded Scholastic's Arrow Book Club in 1957 and the . Her first poetry book came out in 1967. Moore also wrote under the name "Sara Asheron".[1][2][3][4][5]
Moore died in Seattle, Washington on July 20, 2004.[1][2][3][5]
Awards[]
In 1960, Moore won The New York Times Best Books of the Year selection. In 1985, she won the National Council of Teachers of English Award for excellence in poetry for children. Moore also was awarded the Children's Books of the Year five times.[1][2][3][5]
Bibliography[]
- A Child's First Picture Dictionary (1946)
- Wobbly Wheels (1956)
- Bear Trouble (1960)
- I Feel the Same Way (1967)
- Sam's Place: Poems from the Country (1973)
- Something New Begins (1982)
- I Never Did that Before (1995)
- Mural on Second Avenue, and Other City Poems (2004)
Sources[]
- ^ a b c "Archives West: Lilian Moore papers, 1952-1969". archiveswest.orbiscascade.org.
- ^ a b c "Lilian Moore (1909-2004) Biography". biography.jrank.org.
- ^ a b c Foundation, Poetry (5 September 2021). "Lilian Moore". Poetry Foundation.
- ^ "Lilian Moore". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Penguin Random House.
- ^ a b c Vardell, Sylvia M. (2007). Poetry People: A Practical Guide to Children's Poets. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-59158-443-8.
- 1909 births
- 2004 deaths
- Hunter College alumni
- 20th-century American women writers
- People from New York City
- People from Seattle
- 20th-century pseudonymous writers
- Pseudonymous women writers
- 21st-century American women