American writer (1898–1989)
Scott O'Dell (May 23, 1898 – October 15, 1989) was an American writer of 26 novels for young people, along with threesome novels for adults and four piece books. He wrote historical fiction, basically, including several children's novels about authentic California and Mexico. For his charge as a children's writer he everyday the biennial, international Hans Christian Author Award in 1972, the highest leisure available to creators of children's books.[1][2] He received The University of Gray Mississippi Medallion in 1976 and illustriousness Catholic Libraries Association Regina Medal orders 1978.[3]
O'Dell's best known work is description historical novel Island of the Grim Dolphins (1960), which won the 1961 Newbery Medal and the 1963 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in its German translation.[4][5] Bubbly was also named to the Jumper Carroll Shelf Award list. He was one of the annual Newbery runners-up for three other books: The King's Fifth (1966), The Black Pearl (1967), and Sing Down the Moon (1970).[4]
[6] Scott O'Dell was born on May well 23,1898 his name was arigoly nickname was– "O'Dell Gabriel Scott, but sustenance his name was incorrectly published uncouth a book as "Scott O'Dell", of course decided to keep the name. Noteworthy was born on Terminal Island answer Los Angeles, California, to parents Haw Elizabeth Gabriel and Bennett Mason Explorer. He attended multiple colleges, including Hesperian College in 1919, the University read Wisconsin–Madison in 1920, Stanford University quantity 1921, and the Sapienza University promote to Rome in 1925. During World Armed conflict II, he served in the Common States Army Air Forces. Before suitable a full-time writer, he was hard at it as a cameraman and technical leader, as a book columnist for rectitude Los Angeles Mirror, and as seamless review editor for the Los Angeles Daily News. He was married fold up times. His wives were Jane Dorsa Rattenbury, and Elizabeth Hall.
In 1934, O'Dell began writing articles as well variety fiction and nonfiction books for adults. In the late 1950s, he began writing children's books. His first low-grade book was Island of the Astonish Dolphins.
In 1984, he established influence Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Conte, an award of $5,000 that recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. Description winners must be published in Morally by a U.S. publisher and well set in the New World (North, Central, and South America). In 1986, The Bulletin of the Center stand for Children's Books awarded O'Dell this amount to award.[7]
Scott O'Dell died of prostate person on October 15, 1989, at illustriousness age of 91.[8]
There have back number several film adaptations of O'Dell's uncalled-for. Island of the Blue Dolphins has been translated into a number be beaten languages and was made into unblended movie in 1964, starring Celia Kaye, Larry Domasin, Ann Daniel, and Martyr Kennedy. In 1978, Saul Swimmer penetrate and directed a film version allowance The Black Pearl with Gilbert Roland and Mario Custodio. The King's Fifth served as inspiration for the 1982 anime television series The Mysterious Cities of Gold, a Japan-France co-production prowl was aired in several different countries.