Cormier, Robert

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
קורמיר, רוברט, 1925-2000
Name (Latin)
Cormier, Robert
Date of birth
1925-01-17
Date of death
2000-11-02
Place of birth
Leominster (Mass.)
Place of death
Boston (Mass.)
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
Robert Edmund
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 76313814
Wikidata: Q432575
Library of congress: n 80037714
BGU10: 000029933
Sources of Information
  • His Now and at the hour, 1960.
  • Campbell, P.J. Robert Cormier, 1985:CIP galley (Robert Edmund Cormier, b. 1/17/25)
  • Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2000:obit. (Robert Cormier, 75, died Nov. 2, 2000 in Boston, Mass.; author of The chocolate war; I am the cheese (in which a character's phone number is actually his own); career as a journalist/newspaper editor; resided Leominster, Mass.)
  • ספר: מלחמת השוקולד, 2006.
  • The chocolate war, 2013:home page (Robert Cormier)
  • Wikipedia WWW site, Mar. 27, 2013(Robert Cormier; Robert Edmund Cormier; b. Jan. 17, 1925 in Leominster, Mass.; d. Nov. 2, 2000 in Boston, Mass.; male; American author)

Wikipedia description:

Robert Edmund Cormier (January 17, 1925 – November 2, 2000) was an American writer and journalist, known for his deeply pessimistic novels, many of which were written for young adults. Recurring themes include abuse, mental illness, violence, revenge, betrayal, and conspiracy. In most of his novels, the protagonists do not win. Cormier's more popular works include I Am the Cheese, After the First Death, We All Fall Down, and The Chocolate War, all of which have won awards. The Chocolate War has been challenged in multiple libraries.

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