Leaf, Munro, 1905-1976

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
ליף, מונרו, 1905-1976
Name (Latin)
Leaf, Munro, 1905-1976
Other forms of name
Leaf, Wilbur Munro, 1905-1976
Līf, Mūnrū, 1905-1976
Līpha, Munaro, 1905-1976
Leaf, Wilbur Munro, 1905-
Leaf, Munro, 1905-
Date of birth
1905
Date of death
1976
Field of activity
Children's literature
Occupation
Authors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 64125452
Wikidata: Q717175
Library of congress: n 83164443
OCoLC: oca00987663
Sources of Information
  • Ha'te habe bīra pāloẏāna, 1963:t.p. (Munaro Līpha = মুনরো লীফ)
  • Sarguz̲asht-i Firdīnānd, 1969:t.p. (مونرو ليف = Mūnrū Līf) t.p. verso (Munro Leaf [in rom.])
  • Wikipedia, Sept. 21, 2015(Wilbur Monroe Leaf (aka Munro Leaf) (December 4, 1905, in Hamilton, Maryland-December 21, 1976), was an American author of children's literature who wrote and illustrated nearly 40 books during his 40-year career. He is best known for The Story of Ferdinand.)
  • Jefferds, V.H. Ferdinand and the robbers, c1983:t.p. (Munro Leaf)
  • LC data base, 10-6-83(hdg.: Leaf, Munro, 1905- )
  • LC manual cat.(hdg.: Leaf, Munro, 1905- ; variant: Wilbur Munro Leaf)
  • Ferdinandus tauris, 2000:t.p. (Munro Leaf) about the author (died in 1976 at the age of 71)
  • ספורו של פרדיננד, (תשכ"ט):

Wikipedia description:

Wilbur Monroe Leaf (a.k.a. Munro Leaf) (December 4, 1905 – December 21, 1976) was an American writer of children's literature who wrote and illustrated nearly 40 books during his 40-year career. He is best known for The Story of Ferdinand (1936), a children's classic which he wrote on a yellow legal-length pad in less than an hour. Labeled as subversive, it stirred an international controversy.

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