| LC control no. | n 50001190 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3511.E4 |
| Personal name heading | Fenton, Edward, 1917-1995 |
| Located | Greece Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 1917-07-07 |
| Death date | 1995-12-24 |
| Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | Amherst College American Field Service Great Britain. Army. Army, Eighth Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) |
| Profession or occupation | Authors |
| Found in | His Soldiers and strangers, 1945. Contemporary authors online, Jun. 25, 2008 (Edward Fenton, b. July 17, 1917, New York, N.Y.; d. Dec. 24, 1995) University of Southern Mississippiu Library web site, May 6, 2020: Edward Fenton Papers (Edward Fenton was born in New York City on July 7, 1917 ; At various times, he attended Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts; worked for the New York Herald Tribune; and ran a bookshop. He served in North Africa during World War II with the American Field Service and the British Eighth Army. About the same time, Fenton began publishing poems and stories in several periodicals. His first novel, Us and the Duchess (1947), first appeared as a serial in a children's magazine. Fenton worked in the department of prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City between 1950 and 1955, but left his position to write full time. He purchased a 143-acre farm in Duchess County, New York, with the revenue from the sale of the movie rights for The Golden Doors (1957). The farm served as the setting for The Phantom of Walkaway Hill (1961) and its sequel, The Riddle of the Red Whale (1966). The former earned the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best juvenile mystery in 1962. When his house burned to the ground in 1960, destroying both his possessions and literary papers, Fenton moved to Greece with his beagle, Kate. Fenton adored Greece and wrote several children's books on Greek mythology, history, scenery, and life. He also translated three books by Greek children's author, Alki Zei, into English. All three translations received the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for best children's book in translation. Fenton also lived in Italy for a time and set The Golden Doors (1957) and A Matter of Miracles (1967) in that country. He spoke fluent Greek, Italian, and French. Fenton married Sophia Harvati, a Greek child psychologist and children's book author, in 1963. They lived in both Athens and Washington, D.C. Edward Fenton died on December 24, 1995.) <http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/degrum/public_html/html/research/findaids/DG0316f.html> |
| Associated language | eng gre |
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