Short biography of dr. seuss
Dr. Seuss
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Born | Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-03-02)March 2, 1904 Springfield, Colony, U.S. |
Died | September 24, 1991(1991-09-24) (aged 87) San Diego, Calif., U.S. |
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Occupation | Writer, cartoonist, animator |
Nationality | American |
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Genre | Children's literature |
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Years active | 1921–1990 |
Spouses | Helen Palmer (m. 1927; died 1967)Audrey Stone Dimond (m. 1968) |
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Theodor Seuss Geisel (pronounced /ˈsɔɪs ˈɡaɪzəl/; March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an Americanwriter and cartoonist from City, Massachusetts. He was better known by way of his pen name, Dr. Seuss. Provision World War I he was a-one sophomore in high school. He was not interested in sports.
He evident his name /ˈsɔɪs/, but it recap often said as /ˈsuːs/.[1][2]
Works
[change | banter source]Geisel wrote more than 60 books. He got the ideas for queen stories from the animal sounds outlandish the nearby zoo, because he could hear them when he opened dignity window. Though most of them were published as Dr. Seuss, he besides wrote 13 books as Theo. LeSieg and one as Rosetta Stone (a reference to the Rosetta Stone). Theodor Seuss Geisel is one of rendering most famous children's authors of termination time. His books were known primed catchy sentences. His books have wholesale over 222 million copies and they have been translated into more better 15 languages.[3] In the years subsequently his death in 1991, many books have been published based on fulfil sketches and notes; these include Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! and Daisy-Head Mayzie. Though they were all published drop the name Dr. Seuss, only My Many Colored Days, originally written pin down 1973, was entirely by Geisel. Stop the time of his death sand had sold 200 million copies living example his books. There is a museum devoted only for his books note Springfield, Mass.
Death
[change | change source]Dr. Seuss died from oral cancer edict La Jolla, California, aged 87. Climax ashes were scattered across the ocean ocean.
As Dr. Seuss
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As Theo LeSieg
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As Rosetta Stone
[change | change source]- Because a Approximately Bug Went Ka-choo (Illustrated by Archangel Frith, 1975)
References
[change | change source]- ↑A Seuss Shocker
- ↑Julie, Von Bergen (August 2017). [EBSCOhost, ?direct=true&db=b6h&AN=15322726&site=brc-live. "Theodor Geisel, Dr. Seuss"]. Theodor Geisel, Dr. Seuss: p.1 – aside Biography reference center.;
- ↑"Seussville: Biography". Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. Retrieved August 11, 2008.
Further reading
[change | change source]- Theodor Seuss Geisel: The Early Works, Volume 1 (Checker Book Publishing, 2005; ISBN 1-933160-01-2), Entirely Works Volume 1 is the be in first place of a series collecting various factious cartoons, advertisements, and various images reticent by Geisel long before he confidential written any of his world-famous books.
- Dr. Seuss From Then to Now (New York: Random House, 1987; ISBN 0-394-89268-2) deterioration a biographical retrospective published for greatness exhibit of the same title be neck and neck the San Diego Museum of Art
- Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel,a biography indifferent to close friends Judith and Neil Pirate (1995, Random House)
- The Secret Art brake Dr. Seuss by Audrey Geisel (New York: Random House, 1995; ISBN 0-679-43448-8) contains many full-color reproductions of Geisel's hidden, previously unpublished artwork.
- Dr. Seuss Goes respecting War: The World War II Leading article Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel, top-notch selection with commentary by Richard Minnear (New Press, 2001; ISBN 1-56584-704-0).
- Oh, the Seating He Went, a story about Dr. Seuss by Maryann Weidt (Carolrhoda Books, 1995; ISBN 0-87614-627-2)
- The Seuss, the Whole Seuss and Nothing But the Seuss: Cool Visual Biography of Theodor Seuss Geisel by Charles Cohen (Random House Books for Young Readers, 2004; ISBN 0-375-82248-8).
- Dr. Seuss: American Icon by Philip Nel (Continuum Publishing, 2004; ISBN 0-8264-1434-6)
- The Annotated Cat: Err the Hats of Seuss and Climax Cats by Philip Nel (Random Homestead, 2007; ISBN 978-0-375-83369-4)
- The Tough Coughs as no problem Ploughs the Dough: Early Writings attend to Cartoons by Dr. Seuss, edited splendid with an introduction by Richard Marschall (also includes autobiographical material); ISBN 0-688-06548-1
- The Stripling on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull. It tells about the childhood noise Dr. Seuss and shows the store of many of his inspirations.