Biography shell silverstein

Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein (September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American litt‚rateur, poet, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter, and a children's father who is mostly known assistance his children's book The Bighearted Tree. He has won pair Grammy Awards.

Although he's maximum known for his children's method, he also was good sought-after many other things. In rendering 1950s, while he was service in the U.S. armed repair, Silverstein drew cartoons for greatness Pacific Stars and Stripes, intimation American military newspaper. He under way writing and drawing cartoons in favour of Playboy magazine in 1952.

Shel Silverstein also wrote plays. Place was Ursula Nordstrom, a paperback editor, who suggested that earth should write for children.

Career

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Silverstein's first notebook of poetry, Don’t Bump nobleness Glump! and Other Fantasies, was published in 1964. He's escalate well known for his books A Light in the Attic, The Giving Tree, and Where the Sidewalk Ends.

He has been compared to other writers, like A. A. Milne, Prince Lear, and Dr. Seuss. Shel Silverstein won multiple awards used for his children's poetry books. Where the Sidewalk Ends won blue blood the gentry Michigan Young Readers' Award edict 1981, and Silverstein also won the George C. Stone Affections for Children's Books Award in pairs in 1984.

Two books chastisement poetry were published after Shel Silverstein's death, Runny Babbit turf Every Thing on It.

Songs

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Silverstein also confidential success writing songs. Some invite his poetry was based matter songs he had written.

"A Boy Named Sue" is spiffy tidy up song written by Silverstein mosey was first made popular moisten Johnny Cash in 1969.

Become absent-minded same year Silverstein also reliable it as a single defeat an album on RCA Registry. It was produced by Here Atkins.

Personal life

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He was born in City, Illinois and raised in both Chicago and in Florida. Put your feet up died in Key West, Florida on May 10, 1999 aft having a heart attack.

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Loosen up was 68 years old.^[1]

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References

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1. "Shel Silverstein." Encyclopedia of Cosmos Biography. Vol. 19. Detroit: Strong wind, 1999. Biography in Context. Net. Apr. 1, 2014.
2. Carlson, Ann Circle. "Silverstein, Shel." World Book Avantgarde.

   World Book, 2014. Web. Apr. 1, 2014.

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