Kate Seredy
| Kate Seredy | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 10, 1896 |
| Died | March 7, 1975 (aged 78) |
| Cause of death | Heart failure |
| Occupation | writer |
Kate Seredy (10 November 1896 Budapest – 7 March 1975) was a Hungarian-born writer and illustrator of children's books, written in the English language.
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[edit] Life
Born in 1896[citation needed] (note: some sources say 1899[1]), in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, she served as a nurse during World War I. Kate Seredy's father, Louis Peter, was a teacher. She moved from Budapest to the United States in 1922, with an art teacher's diploma from Academy of Arts, Budapest.
In 1935, she published her first book as author and illustrator, The Good Master, about two children growing up in pre-World War I Hungary, which was named a Newbery Honor book in 1936. Her 1937 novel, The White Stag was awarded the 1938 Newbery Medal for excellence in children's literature. The sequel to The Good Master, The Singing Tree was named a Newbery Honor book in 1940. When the Caldecott Honor list was created in 1971, Seredy was retroactively named a recipient for the year 1945 for her illustrations for The Christmas Anna Angel by Ruth Sawyer.
Many more were to follow, although she always considered herself an illustrator before an author. She illustrated her work in her own unique style and her books were "an excuse for making pictures".[2]
While Seredy worked with many authors and publishers as an illustrator, her own books were published exclusively by Viking Press, which reprinted and re-issued many of her titles in paperback via their Puffin Books imprint.
She lived at Montgomery, New York.[3] Her hobbies included "woodcarving, sculpture, making pottery, painting children's portraits, and designing and sewing".[4]
She died of heart failure on March 7, 1975 at the age of 78.
[edit] Publications
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[edit] (as author and illustrator)
- The Good Master, Viking, 1935
- Listening, Viking, 1936
- The White Stag, Viking, 1937
- The Singing Tree, Viking, 1939
- A Tree for Peter, Viking, 1941
- The Open Gate, Viking, 1943
- The Chestry Oak, Viking, 1948
- Gypsy, Viking, 1951
- Philomena, Viking, 1955
- The Tenement Tree, Viking, 1959
- A Brand New Uncle, Viking, 1961
- Lazy Tinka, Viking, 1962
[edit] (as illustrator)
- Friendly stories by Arthur I. Gates and Miriam Blanton Huber, Macmillan, 1930
- The Pathfinder : Readings from modern literature by Lawton B. Evans, Macmillan, 1930
- Dictionary for use with Peter and Peggy by Arthur I. Gates and Miriam Blanton Huber, Macmillan, 1932
- From Hunters to Herdsmen by Elizabeth Forbes O'Hara, Macmillan, 1932
- Taming the wild grasses by Elizabeth Forbes O'Hara, Macmillan, 1932
- Mountain gateways : seventh reader by Wilhelmina Harper and Hollis P. Allen, Macmillan, 1933
- The Broken Song by Sonia Medvedeva Daugherty, T. Nelson and Sons, 1934
- God our Father by Virgil George Michel and Basil Augustine Stegmann, Macmillan, 1934
- Jesus our Savior by Virgil George Michel and Basil Augustine Stegmann, Macmillan, 1934
- The Prince Commands, being sundry adventures of Michael Karl, sometime crown prince & pretender to the throne of Morvania by Andre Norton, D. Appleton-Century Co., 1934
- Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink, Macmillan, 1935
- Common sense for mothers on bringing up your children from babyhood to adolescence by Estelle Mulqueen Reilly, Funk & Wagnalls, 1935
- With harp and lute by Blanche Jennings Thompson, Macmillan, 1935
- The Selfish Giant and other stories compiled by Wilhelmina Harper, David McKay, 1935
- The Gunniwolf and other Merry Tales compiled by Wilhelmina Harper, David McKay, 1936
- Happy Days by W. W. Charters, Dean Franklin Smiley and Ruth May Strang, Macmillan, 1936
- Hoot-Owl by Mabel Guinnip La Rue, Macmillan, 1936
- Mademoiselle Misfortune by Carol Ryrie Brink, Macmillan, 1936
- Bible children; Stories from the Bible by Blanche Jennings Thompson, Macmillan, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1937
- Smiling Hill Farm by Miriam Evangeline Mason, Junior Literary Guild and Ginn and Co., 1937
- An Ear for Uncle Emil by E.R. Gaggin, Junior Literary Guild and Viking, 1939
- Who is Johnny? by Leopold Gedö, Viking, 1939
- Let's take turns by Lois Gadd Nemec, Macmillan, 1940
- Michel's Island by Mabel Leigh Hunt, Fredrick A. Stokes, 1940
- The Oldest Story; The story of the Bible for young people by Blanche Jennings Thompson, Bruce, 1943
- Living together at home and at school by Prudence Cutright, W.W. Charters, Mae Knight, and others, Macmillan, 1944
- The Christmas Anna Angel by Ruth Sawyer, Viking, 1944 (Caldecott Honor for Seredy for year 1945)
- ... Fun at the playground by Bernice Osler Frissell and Mary Louise Friebele, Macmillan, 1946
- ... Fun in swimming, by Bernice Osler Frissell and Mary Louise Friebele, Macmillan, 1946
- A candle burns for France by Blanche Jennings Thompson, Bruce, 1946
- Sports readers by Bernice Osler Frissell and Mary Louise Friebele, Macmillan, 1946–1951
- The Wonderful Year by Nancy Barnes, Junior Literary Guild and J. Messner, 1946
- Adopted Jane by Helen Fern Daringer, Harcourt, Brace, 1947
- Mary Montgomery, rebel by Helen Fern Daringer, Harcourt, Brace, 1948
- A house for ten... by Miriam Evangeline Mason, Ginn, 1949
- Pilgrim Kate by Helen Fern Daringer, Harcourt, Brace, 1949
- Fun outdoors by Mary Louise Friebele, Bernice Osler Frissell, Frances C. Smith and others, Macmillan, 1951
- Little Vic by Doris Gates, Viking, 1951
- Finnegan II, his nine lives by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, Viking, 1953
- A dog named Penny by Clyde Robert Bulla, Ginn, 1955
[edit] Sources
- ^ Intro to the deGrummond collection at University of Mississippi
- ^ Kate Seredy as illustrator
- ^ Newbery Medal Books: 1922-1955, eds. Bertha Mahony Miller, Elinor Whitney Field, Horn Book, 1955, LOC 55-13968, p.162
- ^ Something About the Author Vol. 1, published by Gale]
