Katherine Paterson Biography
Katherine Paterson is the biography of the hero of the day Katherine Paterson Catherine Walmandorf Paterson was born on October 31 in the Chinese province of Jiangsu and was the third of five children in the family of the missionary of the American Presbyterian Church. Frequent moves were a rule for this family and by the time Katherine was eighteen, her family changed her place of residence fifteen times.
In childhood, she had to adapt to new circumstances, assimilating from her own experience, what to be visiting both a foreigner, and knowing what it means to feel not at ease. But the external instability of her family’s life was opposed by the reliable patronage of parental love and care and books. Her mother not only regularly read aloud to her children, but also made sure that they had many good books worthy of reading them.
Outside her family, people appeared and disappeared, while the books for young Catherine remained constant companions, providing her with constant friendly communication. Writing inclinations made themselves felt quite early. At the age of seven, Katherine was first published in the newspaper of the Shanghai American school. In addition, she composed plays that she put with classmates.
The entry of the United States into the war with Japan in, forced the whole family to return to their homeland, to the state of Virginia, where Katherine graduated from high school. She entered the Royal College in Bristol Tennessee, where she set to study English literature. По словам Кэтрин Патерсон, в детстве она собиралась стать или кинозвездой, или миссионером.
By the second, it was already prepared accordingly due to its upbringing and education. She decided to go to Japan as a missionary. Four years later, she returned to the United States to continue education. In the year, Katherine received a master's degree in religious education, and in the same year she married a young pastor named John Paterson. A few years later, their family increased to six souls.
They had two boys, and they adopted two little girls. Despite the constant need to take care of four kids, she could not resist literary experiments. In the year, her first novel “The sign of chrysanthemum” was published. And after thirteen years, in the year, she received the National Book Prize for the book “Master-Switch”. In subsequent years, one after another, books appeared that brought her the greatest success: “Bridge in Terabiy” in the year, “The magnificent Gilly Hopkins” in M and in M - “I loved Jacob”.
Katherine Paterson lives in Vermont, in Baeri, where for many years her husband, who has now retired, served as a pastor of the Presbyterian Church. When she is not busy reading or writing, she is not averse to sitting at the piano, play tennis, draw with pastel, solve crosswords, and with long winter evenings she is happy to sew quilted cotton blankets.
The quantity and variety of literary awards that Katherine Paterson received for her books is overwhelmed. Two books - “I loved Jacob” and “The bridge in Terabiy” were awarded the highest American award in the field of children's literature - Newbury Medal. Katherine Paterson twice awarded the National Book Prize in the field of children's literature. Along with many awards received in the United States, she received the Yanusha Korchak Poland, a year, the Netherlands Silver Pencil Award, the year, the Grand Prix in the field of children's and youth literature France, the year, the General Prize awarded by children Germany, the year and was included in the honorary list of the International Council for Children and Youth Literature of Switzeria, Switzeria, Switzeria year.
The most prestigious of her awards - G. Andersen’s gold medal, received in the year - it is awarded once every two years to writers, whose work has become an important contribution to worldwide children's literature. These books are translated into many languages, including Russian.