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La Medalla John Newbery es un premio literario que otorga anualmente la Association for Library Service to Children, una división de la Asociación de Bibliotecas de Estados Unidos (ALA) al autor del mejor libro infantil estadounidense. [1] El premio se otorga anualmente desde 1922 y fue el primer premio literario para niños. [2]
The John Newbery Medal, frequently shortened to the Newbery, is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the author of "the most distinguished contributions to American literature for children".
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El premio se otorga anualmente desde 1922 y fue el primer premio literario para niños. También por ello se considera, junto con la medalla Caldecott, uno de los premios literarios más prestigiosos relacionados con la literatura infantil en Estados Unidos. Su nombre deriva de John Newbery, un editor de libros para niños del siglo XVIII.
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Raised in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, author Madeleine L'Engle began writing at a young age. After graduating from boarding school in Switzerland, she attended Smith College, where she earned a degree in English. In addition to writing, L'Engle also gained experience as an actor and playwright. At age forty, she nearly abandoned her career as...
Upon completion in 1960, the novel was rejected by at least 26 publishers, because it was, in L'Engle's words, "too different," and "because it deals overtly with the problem of evil, and it was really difficult for children, and was it a children's or an adults' book, anyhow?" In "A special message from Madeleine L'Engle", L'Engle offers another p...
One night, thirteen-year-old Meg Murry meets an eccentric new neighbor, Mrs. Whatsit, who refers to something called a tesseract. Meg later finds out it is a scientific concept her father was working on before his mysterious disappearance. The following day, Meg, her child genius brother Charles Wallace, and fellow schoolmate Calvinvisit Mrs. Whats...
Religion
The novel is highly spiritualized, with notable influences of divine intervention and prominent undertones of religious messages. According to James Beasley Simpson, the overwhelming love and desire for light within the novel is directly representative of a Christian love for God and Jesus Christ. Furthermore, the children encounter spiritual intervention, signaling God's presence in the ordinary, as well as the extendibility of God's power and love. Madeleine L'Engle's fantasy works are in p...
Conformity
Themes of conformity and yielding to the status quo are prominent in the novel: IT is a powerful dominant group that manipulates the planet of Camazotz into conformity. Even Charles Wallace falls prey and is hence persuaded to conform. It is thanks to Meg that she and her father and brother are able to break from conformity.[d] According to Charlotte Jones Voiklis, the author's granddaughter, the story was not a simple allegory of communism; in a three-page passage that was cut before publica...
Feminism
A Wrinkle in Time has also received praise for empowering young female readers. Critics have celebrated L'Engle's depiction of Meg Murry, a young, precocious heroine whose curiosity and intellect help save the world from evil. The New York Timeshas described this portrayal as "a departure from the typical 'girls' book' protagonist – as wonderful as many of those varied characters are". In doing so, L'Engle has been credited for paving the way for other bright heroines, including Hermione Gran...
At the time of the book's publication, Kirkus Reviewssaid: According to The Horn Book Magazine: In a retrospective essay about the Newbery Medal-winning books from 1956 to 1965, librarian Carolyn Horovitz wrote: In a 2011 essay for Tor.com, American author and critic Mari Ness called A Wrinkle in Time A 2004 study found that A Wrinkle in Time was a...
Soares, Manuela (2003). A Reading Guide to A Wrinkle in Time. Scholastic BookFiles. ISBN 0-439-46364-5.Chase, Carole F. (1998). Suncatcher: A study of Madeleine L'Engle and her writing. Innisfree Press. p. 170. ISBN 1-880913-31-3."A Wrinkle in Time". The Open Critic (review). Archived from the originalon September 26, 2007.A Wrinkle in Time title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseA Wrinkle in Time (TV) (mini) at IMDb"A Wrinkle in Time". Official book site for the May 2007 release. May 2007.In 1922, the John Newbery Medal was created by the American Library Association in his honour; it is awarded each year to the "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". [18]
31 de dic. de 2020 · John Newbery Medal. The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
