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- Identifier
- wwu:24108
- Title
- Rawlings - The Yearling
- Date
- 1948-03-24
- Description
- The Yearling was published in 1938 by Charles Scribner's Sons. Rawlings was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1939 for The Yearling.
- Digital Collection
- info:fedora/wwu:24050
- Type of resource
- Text
- Object custodian
- Special Collections
- Related Collection
- 20th century children's authors collection: writing about writing in letters and personal narratives
- Local Identifier
- 20thCCA_rawlings
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- 20th Century Children's Authors - Rawlings ---------- 20th Century Children's Authors - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings - The Yearling ---------- ---------- 20thCCA_Rawlings_01 ---------- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Gross Creek Hawthorn, Florida March 24, 1948. Dear Miss Montgomery: Your list of boo
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20th Century Children's Authors - Rawlings ---------- 20th Century Children's Authors - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings - The Yearling ---------- ---------- 20thCCA_Rawlings_01 ---------- Marjorie
Show more20th Century Children's Authors - Rawlings ---------- 20th Century Children's Authors - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings - The Yearling ---------- ---------- 20thCCA_Rawlings_01 ---------- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Gross Creek Hawthorn, Florida March 24, 1948. Dear Miss Montgomery: Your list of books is really impressive. Your text on The Yearling is accurate. No, I don't need the mimeographed sheet returned. With all good wishes, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings ---------- 20thCCA_Rawlings_02 ---------- "The Yearling" Published by: Charles Scribner's Sons Year: 1938 Real Name: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Mrs. Norton Baskin Pen Name: ditto What do you family and friends call you?: Marjorie A. YOUR BACKGROUND Date of birth: Aug. 8, 1896 Place of birth: Washington D.C. Father's occupation: patent att'y Number of Brothers: 1 and sisters: Father's nationality: American Mother's nationality: American Kind of home during childhood (farm, small town, city apt. etc): divided between suburb of Wash, Where: and father's farm in Maryland Amount of schooling (high school, college, etc.): high school and B.A. from university of Wisconsin Economic status during childhood (poor, middle class, wealthy): middle class Special interests as a child (sports, books, games, etc.): books, anything to do with nature, building stories around paper dolls--hated regular dolls. When did you begin to write?: as soon as I could put pencil to paper Why?: couldn't help it Who encouraged you?: teachers and parents whom I showed the drawings. What and when was your first success or recognition?: at age of 11, winning $2 prize in children's page of Washington Post. Biggest money I ever received. How did you happen to write for children?: Never wrote specifically for child- ren. The Yearling just happened to be told simply enough to appeal to them. However, remember sitting on steps of Baptist Church and telling stories to other children. ---------- 20thCCA_Rawlings_03 ---------- B. THE WRITING OF THE BOOK Where did you get the idea for the book?: See introduction to school edition of The Yearling Were the characters real people, or based on real people?: See above Where were you living at the time?: Cross Creek, Fla. What was your major occupation?: Writing and orange growing Did you talk the book over with any of them?: No Did you discuss it with an editor?: Yes Where and how did you get the material? (library research, travel, personal experience, etc.) See school edition of The Yearling When did you begin to write the book?: See enclosed sheet Where?: Cross Creek How much had you had published when you began it? (Give names of books): South Moon Under, Golden Apples What was your purpose in writing this book?: writers seldom have a "purpose" in writing anything at all. They write because a theme and a set of characters are irresistible. How do you write? (typewriter, long-hand, dictate): typewriter Where? (study, office, etc.): front porch in warm weather, by fireplace in cold Do you keep regular office hours?: Yes. If so, what are they?: work 8 hrs. a day when on a book Do you revise much?: greatly Write easily or laboriously?: laboriously Do you let your family or friends read your work, or try it out on children?: neither ---------- 20thCCA_Rawlings_04 ---------- Who makes your final copies? (yourself, private secretary, public typist, etc.): myself Did you make an outline before writing the book?: more or less Did you decide on the title first or last?: first how long did it take you to write the book?: See sheet Did you work on it steadily?: yes Was your book accepted immediately by a publisher?: Yes Was it immediately popular on publication?: I suppose so C. ILLUSTRATIONS How much did you have to do with the illustrations of your book?: Nothing ---------- 20thCCA_Rawlings_05 ---------- D. WHAT SORT OF PERSON YOU ARE What did you look like when you wrote this book? Dark or Fair?: Medium Tall or short?: Tall Thin or plump?: Thin then- Color of eyes?: Blue Wore glasses?: for reading Color of hair?: dark Kind of hair--long or short?: short Curly or straight?: straight Are you quiet or talkative?: Both Friendly or reserved?: Both Do you laugh a great deal or are you usually grave?: Both Are you quick-tempered ir calm and placid?: Both What sort of clothes do you wear most when writing? (sports, suits, slacks, etc.): whatever I have that isn't too ragged Favorite occupations and hobbies?: Nature, cooking, reading What is your normal speech like?: (Meticulously correct, colloquial, slangy, abrupt, rambling, etc.): Reasonably correct - occasionally abrupt If strongly religious, give denomination.: strongly religious but of no denomination Can you direct me to any articles or books which have been written about you?: Suggest you write Mr. Norman Snow, c/o Scribner's, 597 -5th Ave., New York City 17.
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