“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
Dr. Seuss
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| Born |
Theodor Seuss Geisel
March 2, 1904
Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died |
September 24, 1991 (aged 87)
La Jolla, California, U.S.[1] |
| Pen name |
Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg, Rosetta Stone, Theophrastus Seuss |
| Occupation |
Writer, cartoonist, animator, book publisher, artist |
| Nationality |
American |
| Genre |
Children's literature |
| Notable works |
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| Years active |
1927–1990 |
| Spouse |
- Helen Palmer Geisel (1927–67)
- Audrey Stone Dimond (1968–91)
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About this author
Theodor Seuss Geisel was born 2
March 1904 in Springfield, MA. He graduated Dartmouth College in 1925,
and proceeded on to Oxford University with the intent of acquiring a
doctorate in literature. At Oxford he met Helen Palmer, who he wed in
1927. He returned from Europe in 1927, and began working for a magazine
called Judge, the leading humor magazine in America at the time,
submitting both cartoons and humorous articles for them. Additionally,
he was submitting cartoons to Life, Vanity Fair and Liberty. In some of
his works, he'd made reference to an insecticide called Flit. These
references gained notice, and led to a contract to draw comic ads for
Flit. This association lasted 17 years, gained him national exposure,
and coined the catchphrase "Quick, Henry, the Flit!"
In 1936 on
the way to a vaction in Europe, listening to the rhythm of the ship's
engines, he came up with And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,
which was then promptly rejected by the first 43 publishers he showed it
to. Eventually in 1937 a friend published the book for him, and it went
on to at least moderate success.
During WW II, Geisel joined
the army and was sent to Hollywood. Captain Geisel would write for Frank
Capra's Signal Corps Unit (for which he won the Legion of Merit) and do
documentaries (he won Oscar's for Hitler Lives and Design for Death).
He also created a cartoon called Gerald McBoing-Boing which also won him
an Oscar.
In May of 1954, Life published a report concerning
illiteracy among school children. The report said, among other things,
that children were having trouble to read because their books were
boring. This inspired Geisel's publisher, and prompted him to send
Geisel a list of 400 words he felt were important, asked him to cut the
list to 250 words (the publishers idea of how many words at one time a
first grader could absorb), and write a book. Nine months later, Geisel,
using 220 of the words given to him published The Cat in the Hat, which
went on to instant success.
In 1960 Bennett Cerf bet Geisel $50
that he couldn't write an entire book using only fifty words. The
result was Green Eggs and Ham. Cerf never paid the $50 from the bet.
Helen
Palmer Geisel died in 1967. Theodor Geisel married Audrey Stone Diamond
in 1968. Theodor Seuss Geisel died 24 September 1991.
From : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss
From : http://www.seussville.com/
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