Uncategorized 17 May 2007 06:11 pm
An incredible loss to Children’s books.
Lloyd Alexander died today. I adored the Vesper Holly series. I thought they were the best things written for quite a long while. It is just such a loss.
From Wikipedia,
Lloyd Chudley Alexander (January 30, 1924 - May 17, 2007) is the author of more than forty books, mostly fantasy books for children and adolescents, as well as several adult novels. Probably his most famous contribution to the field of children’s fantasy is The Chronicles of Prydain, inspired by Welsh mythology and the Mabinogion. The first two books in this series formed the basis of the Disney animated film The Black Cauldron. The concluding book of the series, The High King was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1969.
From SF Scope,
Author Lloyd Alexander died 17 May 2007. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 30 January 1924, he was a children’s fantasy author for half a century (though he did also write several adult novels). He won the 1970 Newbery Award, and was a National Book Award Finalist, for The High King.
Before becoming the writer he’d always wanted to be, Alexander served in the US Army during World War II, working in intelligence. In 1946, he married Janine Denni, who predeceased him by two weeks.
He is a man who left a legacy in his own life (being married for 62 years) and in the writing world and will be greatly missed. Rest in Peace Mr. Alexander.
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