Summary
Claire Huchet Bishop (30 December 1898 – 13 March 1993)[1] was a Swiss children's writer and librarian. She wrote two Newbery Medal runners-up, Pancakes-Paris (1947) and All Alone (1953), and she won the Josette Frank Award for Twenty and Ten (1952). Her first English-language children's book became a classic: The Five Chinese Brothers, illustrated by Kurt Wiese and published in 1938, was named to the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list in 1959.
Claire Huchet Bishop | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 30 December 1898 Switzerland |
| Died | 13 March 1993 (aged 94) Paris, France |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Education | Sorbonne, University of Paris |
| Known for | Writing, writer, children's literature, poet, lecturer, editor |
| Notable work | The Five Chinese Brothers, Pancakes-Paris, All Alone, and Twenty and Ten |
Life edit
Claire Huchet was born in Geneva, Switzerland[2] and grew up in France[3] or Geneva.[4] She attended the Sorbonne and started the first children's library in France.[4] After marrying the American concert pianist Frank Bishop,[2] she moved to the United States, worked for the New York City Public Library from 1932–36,[5] and was an apologist for Roman Catholicism and an opponent[2] of antisemitism.[3]
She was a lecturer and storyteller throughout the US and was a children's book editor for Commonweal for some time.[5]
Bishop was the President of International Council of Christians and Jews from 1975–77 and the Jewish-Christian Fellowship of France from 1976-81.[5]
Two of her books were made into films.[6]
After residing in New York for 50 years, Bishop returned to France and died in Paris in 1993.[2] She was 94 years old and died of a hemorrhage of the aorta.[6]
Awards edit
- 1947 New York Herald Tribune Spring Book Festival prize
- 1948 Newbery Medal runner-up for Pancakes-Paris
- 1952 Well-Met Children's Book Award, Child Study Association of America for Twenty and Ten
- 1952 Josette Frank Award for Twenty and Ten
- 1959 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list for The Five Chinese Brothers
- 1988 Nicholas and Hedy International Brotherhood award
- All Alone was a runner-up for the Newbery Medal and was chosen as the best-liked book by the Boys' Club of America[5]
Works edit
Children's books edit
- 1938 The Five Chinese Brothers, illustrated by Kurt Wiese
- 1940 The King's Day, illus. Doris Spiegel
- 1941 The Ferryman, illus. Wiese
- 1942 The Man Who Lost His Head, illus. Robert McCloskey
- 1945 Augustus, illus. Grace Paul
- 1947 Pancakes-Paris, illus. Georges Schreiber
- 1948 Blue Spring Farm, a novel, LCCN 48-2029
- 1950 Christopher The Giant, illus. Berkeley Williams, Jr.
- 1952 Bernard and His Dogs, illus. Maurice Brevannes – about Saint Bernard de Menthon, LCCN 52-7143
- 1952 Twenty and Ten, by Bishop "as told by Janet Joly", illus. William Pène du Bois, OCLC 297331 (re-published with minor edits in 1969 and 1973 as The Secret Cave by Scholastic)[7]
- 1953 All Alone, illus. Feodor Rojankovsky
- 1954 Martín de Porres, Hero, illus. Jean Charlot – about Saint Martín de Porres
- 1955 The Big Loop, illus. Carles Fontserè – about the Tour de France
- 1956 Happy Christmas: Tales for Boys and Girls, edited by Bishop, illus. Ellen Raskin
- 1957 Toto's Triumph, illus. Claude Ponsot
- 1960 French Roundabout, 360 pp. illus. – LCSH France—Description and travel, LCCN 60-6027; revised 1966
- 1960 Lafayette: French-American Hero, illus. Maurice Brevannes
- 1961 A Present from Petros, illus. Dimitris Davis
- 1964 Twenty-Two Bears, illus. Wiese
- 1966 Yeshu, Called Jesus, illus. Donald Bolognese
- 1968 Mozart: Music Magician, illus. Paul Frame
- 1971 The Truffle Pig, illus. Wiese
- 1972 Johann Sebastian Bach: Music Giant, illus. Russell Hoover
- 1973 Georgette, illus. Ursula Landshoff
Adult books edit
- 1938 French Children's Books for English-speaking Children (New York: Sheridan Square Press), bibliography, LCCN 39-1262
- 1947 France Alive
- 1950 All Things Common
- 1950 Boimondau: A French Community of Work
- 1971 Jesus and Israel Jules Isaac
- 1974 How Catholics look at Jews: Inquiries into Italian, Spanish, and French Teaching Materials
Other Writings edit
- (Editor) Jules Isaac, Has Anti-semitism Roots in Christianity?, National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1961.
- (Editor) Isaac, The Teaching of Contempt, Holt, 1964.
- Poetry to some French avant-garde literary magazines[5]
Quotes edit
References edit
- ^ "Maitron".
- ^ a b c d Lambert, Bruce (14 March 1993). "Clare Huchet Bishop, 94, Author of Popular Books for Children". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ^ a b Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ a b Nancy Larsen biography
- ^ a b c d e Hile, Kevin S. "Claire Huchet Bishop." Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2007. Literature Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com.aquinas.idm.oclc.org/apps/doc/H1000008845/LitRC?u=lom_aquinascoll&sid=LitRC&xid=f184b7b4. Accessed 27 February 2019.[verification needed]
- ^ a b "CLAIRE HUCHET BISHOP". Orlando Sentinel. 15 March 1993. p. A8. ProQuest 278200180.
- ^ "Twenty and Ten (1952) – A Beastiary of Books". beastiaryofbooks.sites.ucsc.edu. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ Quoteworld Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Quoteworld Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
External links edit
- Claire Huchet Bishop at IMDb
- Clare Huchet Bishop at Library of Congress, with 37 library catalog records
- Works by Claire Huchet Bishop at Open Library