Arthur Bowie Chrisman
Arthur Bowie Chrisman (July 16, 1889–February 1953) was an American author. He was born in Clarke County, Virginia. Chrisman was educated in a one-room school and attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1906 to 1908 but left at the end of his sophomore year. His collection of sixteen short stories, Shen of the Sea: A Book for Children (1925), received the Newbery Medal in 1926. Chrisman's other works included The Wind That Wouldn't Blow: Stories of the Merry Middle Kingdom for Children, and Myself (1927), Clarke County, 1836–1936 (1936), and Treasures Long Hidden: Old Tales and New Tales of the East (1941).
Arthur Bowie Chrisman | |
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Born | Clarke County, Virginia | July 16, 1889
Died | February 14, 1953 63) Shirley, Arkansas | (aged
Occupation | Writer (novelist) |
Nationality | American |
Period | 20th century |
Genre | Juvenile fiction |
Chrisman suffered from respiratory problems and moved to Arkansas in about 1943. In his later years he became reclusive and seldom left his one-room cabin in Shirley, Arkansas. Two local men discovered his body on February 21, 1953 after Chrisman missed one of his regular grocery-buying trips into Clinton. The Van Buren County coroner estimated that he had been dead for about a week.
References
- Autobiography in Kunitz, Stanley J., and Howard Haycraft, eds. The Junior Book of Authors. (1934), pages 87–89.
- Miller, Bertha Mahony, and Elinor Whitney Field, eds. Newbery Medal Books: 1922-1955. (1955), pages 39–43.
- Obituary in Clinton, Ark., Van Buren County Democrat, February 27, 1953.
External links
- Works by Arthur Bowie Chrisman at Faded Page (Canada)
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Preceded by Charles Finger |
Newbery Medal winner 1926 |
Succeeded by Will James |