English II Authors
English II Authors
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- Margaret Atwood
- She was a poet, novelist, essayist, critic, and short-story writer, had been called "a national heroine of the arts." Born in the city of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada, she spent much of her childhood in wilderness regions, where she accompanied her scientist father on long field trips.
- Isaac Asimov
- He was born in Russia, and came with his parents to the United States of America when he was just three. In his lifetime, the "Great Explainer" wrote over 470 books in addition to countless essays and magazine artiicles. he did all his own research and typing and wrote countless essays and magazine articles. According to many critics, he wrote some of the best science-fiction stories ever published.
- Joan Aiken
- The daughter of the American poet Conrad Aiken, grew up in England, where her parents settled before she was born. After her parents divorced, her mother married another writer, Martin Armstrong. Career began in 1945, when she married Ronald Brown and also began having her poems and stories published in magazines. Her first book of fiction for young adults, All You've ever wanted and other stories, appeared in 1953.
- Coretta Scott King
- As a child in Heiberger, Alabama, she had to walk five miles a day to a one-room schoolhouse while white children rode past her on a school bus. that experienced and others made her determined to struggle for racial equality. recognizing education as the key to winning that struggle, she studied hard and eventually won a scholarship to Antioch College in Ohio, where her sister Edythe had been the first African-American student on campus. Over the years, she has shown great determination and courage in her fight for civil rights.
- Doris Lessing
- Born to British parents in Persia, she grew up in Southern Rhodesia, where her family went to farm when she was about five. Her childhood was fairly solitary. her first novel was The grass is singing.
- Chinua Achebe
- He is one of contemporary Africa's most famous authors. A member of the Ibo people of eastern Nigeria, he was born in the village of Ogidi. During the Nigerian civil war of 1967-1970, he supported the independence effort of Biafra, a predominately Ibo region in eastern Nigeria.
- E.B White
- In addition to being regarded as one of the 20 century's finest essayists, he has been acclaimed as a poet, humorist and children's author. Born in Mount Vernon, New York.the subject matter of his essays is extremely varied-everything"from the tremor of a leaf in the afternoon sun to the malaise of modern man," as on critic bserved. Often he wrote about rural Main, where he vacationed as a child and as an adult.
- W.P Kinsella
- success did not come easily to him. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He says that he always thought himself as a writer, though he wrote more than 50 stories before getting published. He worked at various odd jobs, such as running his own pizza restaurant, managing a credit agency, and driving a taxicab.
- Ray Bradbury
- Writes everyday of his life except on weekends, which are for the family: my wife and four lovely daughters
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Began writing short stories in the late 1940s, and he achieved quick success. Because so many of his stories deal with science and social criticism, he has been dubbed a science fiction writer, although he has never liked that designation. No subject is off-limits. Publish "Harrison Bergeron" in 1968
- Pat Mora
- In her poetry, short stories, and essays, she portrays the cultural diversity and visual beauty of the Southwest and the harmony that can exist between nature and human beings.
- Zhang Jie
- She has been one of China's most highly acclaimed and, at times, controversial authors. Brought up in povery and forced by the government to pursue college studies in economics instead of in literature as she had dreaed, she developed a strong sensitivity to injustices within the Communist system.