Fritz, Jean
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Name (Latin)
Fritz, Jean
Other forms of name
Guttery, Jean
Date of birth
1915-11-16
Date of death
2017-05-14
Place of birth
Hankou (Wuhan, China)
Place of death
Sleepy Hollow (N.Y.)
Associated country
United States
Place of residence/headquarters
West Hartford (Conn.)
Dobbs Ferry (N.Y.)
Field of activity
Children's literature
Occupation
Authors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
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Sources of Information
- Her Bunny Hopewell's first spring, 1954.
- Her Surprising myself, c1992:CIP t.p. (Jean Fritz) data sheet (b. 11-16-15; prominent children's bk. author)
- New York times WWW site, viewed May 19, 2017(in obituary published May 17: Jean Fritz; b. Jean Guttery, Nov. 16, 1915, Hankow, China; returned to the U.S. with her family in the late 1920s and was reared in West Hartford, Conn.; m. Michael Fritz, 1941 (d. 1995); d. Sunday [May 14, 2017], Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., aged 101; previously a longtime resident of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.; award-winning writer whose work helped transform historical biographies for children from leaden recitals of battles and dates into warm, human narratives full of quirks and crotchets and satisfyingly strange facts)
Wikipedia description:
Jean Guttery Fritz (November 16, 1915 – May 14, 2017) was an American children's writer best known for American biography and history. She won the Children's Legacy Literature Award for her career contribution to American children's literature in 1986. She turned 100 in November 2015 and died in May 2017 at the age of 101.
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