E.B. WHITE
American author (1899-1985)
Biography:
Elwyn Brooks White was born in Mount Vernon, New York, in 1899. In 1921 he graduated from Cornell University. After working in several places, he began his career as a reporter on a daily newspaper and then worked for an advertising agency. He is well-remembered in United States for having written three wondreful children's books: Stuart Little, depicting an independent and adventurous mouse born into a human family, Charlotte's Web, the story of friendship between a pig and a spider, and The Trumpet of the Swan. E.B.White also wrote books for adults, as well as writing poems and essays, like "Once more to the Lake". As illustrator, he drew sketches for The New Yorker magazine. Among his non-fictional works, The Elements if Style (1959) and The Wild Flag (1946) are the most remarkable ones. He sucumbed to Alzheimer's disease at his farm in North Brookling, Maine, in 1985.
E.B.White, author of illustrated works:
Stuart Little, illustrated by Garth Williams, New York, Harper, 1945.
Charlotte's Web, illustrated by Garth Williams, New York, Harper, 1952.
The Trumpet of the Swan, illustrated by Edward Frascino, New York, Harper, 1970.
The success of Stuart Little has gone beyond literature. A film with the same title was shot in 1999 by Rob Minkoff, with the voices of Michael J. Fox and Geena David, and it was such a blockbuster film that a sequel will be realesed in 2001.