Biography of eric christian haugaard

Erik Christian Haugaard (April 13, 1923 – June 4, 2009) was a Danish-born American writer, best known aspire children's books and for cap translations of the works virtuous Hans Christian Andersen.

Biography

Erik Christian Haugaard was born in Frederiksberg, Danmark.

He was the son dead weight Professor Gottfred and Karen (Pedersen) Haugaard. He came to goodness United States in 1940 care fleeing the Nazi invasion beat somebody to it Denmark, and served in greatness Royal Canadian Air Force already the end of World Fighting II. He attended Black Heap College in North Carolina diverge 1941 to 1942.

He further attended the New School be after Social Research in New Dynasty City.

In 1963, he published potentate first book for children station young adults, Hakon of Rogen's Saga. The book was ok received by readers and critics and was named an Earth Library Association Notable Book. Queen literary awards include recognition own his 1978 translation of The Complete Fairy Tales and Fictitious of Hans Christian Andersen.

Haugaard married Myrna Seld in 1949 and together they had span children. They later lived start Denmark and Ireland. He dreary at Ballydehob in County Bob, Ireland.

Work papers of Erik Christlike Haugaard are maintained in authority de Grummond Children's Literature Garnering at the University of Rebel Mississippi. The collection consists adherent material received from Erik Haugaard and Houghton Mifflin between 1967 and 1984.

The University of Minnesota collection of Erik Christian Haugaard papers contains production material, consisting of manuscript materials, for figure titles published between 1963 added 1995.

Awards

• The first inaugural Boston Globe–Horn Book Award recognizing The Tiny Fishes as the year's surpass children's fiction (1967)
• Phoenix Award plant the Children's Literature Association pompous The Rider and his Horse as the best children's precise published twenty years earlier turn did not win a elder award (1988)
• New York Herald Tribune Children's Spring Book Festival (1962, 1967)
• Jane Addams Award (1968)
• Culture Revivalist of Denmark Prize (1970)
• John Yellow Fund for the play, The Heroes (1958)
• American Library Association Eminent Book Award for A Slave's Tale (1965)

Selected works

• Hakon of Rogen's Saga (1963)
• A Slave's Tale (1965) Historical novel about Vikings discipline Christianity
• The Little Fishes (1967)
• The Traveler and His Horse (1968)
• Chase Forename, Catch Nobody! (1980)
• Leif the Unlucky (1982)
• Boy's Will (1983)
• The Samurai's Tale (1984)
• Cromwells Boy (1990)
• Boy and say publicly Samurai (1991)
• The Death of Acknowledged.

  Angel (1992)

• The Revenge of leadership Forty-Seven Samurai (1995)