biography
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Silverstein, Shel(by)
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pseudonym Uncle Shelby
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1932– )
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| biography:
| Poet, cartoonist, and composer, born in Chicago, Illiinois, USA. He served in the US armed forces in Japan and Korea as a cartoonist for Stars and Stripes (1950s), and returned to New York City and became a roving reporter, composer, and folksinger. Encouraged by Ursula Nordstrom, children's editor of Harper & Row, he published several innovative books of verse for readers of all ages, such as Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974), and A Light in the Attic (1981). He lived variously in Greenwich Village, NY, Key West, FL, and on a houseboat in Sausalito, CA. |
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