E. B. White
Elwyn Brooks White was an American writer, essayist and a contributing editor for the The New Yorker magazine. He was also the author of highly popular books for children: Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte's Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970).
Background
- Born in
- Mount Vernon
- Educated at
- Cornell UniversityMount Vernon High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Q131308536🏆 Presidential Medal of Freedom🏆 Hans Christian Andersen Award🏆 Children's Literature Legacy Award🏆 PEN New England Award
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Trending topics shown first"Ideally, a book of letters should be published posthumously. The advantages are obvious: the editor enjoys a free hand, and the author enjoys a perfect hiding place — the grave, where he is impervious…"
"A man who publishes his letters becomes a nudist — nothing shields him from the world's gaze except his bare skin. A writer, writing away, can always fix things up to make himself more presentable, bu…"
"Life's meaning has always eluded me and I guess it always will. But I love it just the same."
"I discovered, though, that once having given a pig an enema there is no turning back, no chance of resuming one of life's more stereotyped roles."
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1899
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Birth1985
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