Scott O'Dell
| Scott O'Dell | |
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| Born | O'Dell Gabriel Scott May 23, 1898 Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Died | October 15, 1989 (aged 91) Mount Kisco, New York, USA |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1934–1989 |
| Genre | Children's historical fiction |
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| Notable awards |
Newbery Medal 1961 Hans Christian Andersen Award 1972 |
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| Relatives | Lucille (sister) |
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Scott O'Dell (May 23, 1898 – October 15, 1989) was an American author of 26 novels for young people, along with three novels for adults and four nonfiction books. He wrote historical fiction, primarily, including several children's novels about historical California and Mexico. For his contribution as a children's writer he received the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1972, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books. He received The University of Southern Mississippi Medallion in 1976 and the Catholic Libraries Association Regina Medal in 1978.
O'Dell's best known work is the historical novel Island of the Blue Dolphins (1960), which won the 1961 Newbery Medal and the 1963 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in its German translation. It was also named to the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list. He was one of the annual Newbery runners-up for three other books: The King's Fifth (1966), The Black Pearl (1967), and Sing Down the Moon (1970).
Scott O'Dell was born O'Dell Gabriel Scott but his name was incorrectly published on a book as "Scott O'Dell" and he decided to keep the name. He was born on Terminal Island in Los Angeles, California, to parents May Elizabeth Gabriel and Bennett Mason Scott. He attended multiple colleges, including Occidental College in 1919, the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1920, Stanford University in 1920-1921, and the University of Rome La Sapienza in 1925. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Air Force. Before becoming a full-time writer, he was employed as a cameraman and technical director, as a book columnist for the Los Angeles Mirror, and as book review editor for the Los Angeles Daily News.
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