Sheila Gordon

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Sheila Gordon (Johannesburg, 22 gennaio 1927 – New York, 10 maggio 2013) è stata una scrittrice statunitense d'origine sudafricana.

Biografia

Sheila Gordon nasce il 22 gennaio 1927 a Johannesburg dove trascorre la propria infanzia[1].

Ottiene un B.A. in letteratura inglese all'Università del Witwatersrand prima di trasferirsi con la famiglia in Inghilterra e in seguito negli Stati Uniti[2].

Esordisce nel 1975 con Unfinished Business e in seguito pubblica altri 3 romanzi e un memoir soffermandosi su temi quali l'apartheid, l'amicizia contrastata e le problematiche nei villaggi africani[3].

Il suo unico romanzo tradotto in italiano, il libro per ragazzi Aspettando la pioggia, ha ricevuto numerosi riconoscimenti tra i quali il Premio Bancarellino nel 1993[4].

Muore il 10 maggio 2013 a New York all'età di 86 anni[5].

Vita privata

Sposatasi nel 1947 con il fisico Harley Gordon, la coppia ha avuto 3 figli[6].

Opere principali

Romanzi

  • Unfinished Business (1975)
  • A Monster in the Mailbox (1978)
  • Aspettando la pioggia (Waiting for the Rain, 1987), Trieste, Einaudi ragazzi, 1993 traduzione di Lucio Angelini ISBN 88-7926-083-9.
  • The Middle of Somewhere (1990)

Memoir

  • A Modest Harmony: Seven Summers in a Scottish Glen (1982)

Saggi

  • World Problems (1971)

Premi e riconoscimenti

Note

  1. ^ (FR) Informazioni salienti, su babelio.com. URL consultato il 22 maggio 2019.
  2. ^ (EN) A Conversation with Sheila Gordon, su theatlantic.com, dicembre 1996. URL consultato il 22 maggio 2019.
  3. ^ (EN) Sheila Gordons papers, su lib.usm.edu. URL consultato il 22 maggio 2019.
  4. ^ Il 1993 in Lunigiana, su lunigiana.net. URL consultato il 22 maggio 2019.
  5. ^ (EN) Necrologio su www.legacy.com
  6. ^ A Study Guide for Sheila Gordon's "Waiting for the Rain".

Collegamenti esterni

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