| Rosa Guy | |
|---|---|
| Lahir | Rosa Cuthbert 1 September 1922 Diego Martin, Trinidad |
| Meninggal | 3 Juni 2012 (umurย 89) Manhattan, New York, US |
| Pekerjaan | Writer |
   | |
Rosa Cuthbert Guy (/หษกiห/) (1 September 1922ย โย 3 Juni 2012) adalah penulis kelahiran Trinidad berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat yang berimigrasi ke Amerika Serikat bersama keluarganya sejak kecil, dan tumbuh di New York. Menjadi yatim-piatu sejak muda di lingkungan rumah yatim piatu, namanya dikenal melalui buku-buku fiksi untuk kalangan dewasa muda yang memberikan dukungan dalam hubungan.[1]
Dia tinggal dan bekerja di New York City, di mana dia merupakan salah satu di antara pendiri Harlem Writers Guild tahun 1950, yang cukup berpengaruh dalam rangka mendorong para penulis keturunan Afrika-Amerika untuk menerbitkan karya-karyanya. Dia meninggal akibat sakit kanker, pada tanggal 3 Juni 2012.[2][3][4]
Penghargaan
sunting- Buku Terpuji dari The New York Times (The Friends, in 1973)
- Coretta Scott King Award
- American Library Associationโฒs Best Book for Young Adults Award.[5][6]
Bibliografi
sunting- Bird at My Window (London: Souvenir Press, 1966; Allison & Busby, 1985; Virago, 1989; Coffee House Press, 2001)
- Children of Longing (essays, introduction by Julius Lester; Holt, Rinehart, 1971)
- The Friends (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1973; Macmillan Educational, 1982; New York: Bantam Books, 1983; Perfection Learning, 1995; Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1996; Heinemann, 1996; Glencoe McGraw-Hill, 2001)
- Ruby (New York: Viking Press, 1976; London: Gollancz, 1981; Puffin Books, 1989)
- Edith Jackson (New York: Viking Juvenile, 1978; London: Gollancz, 1978; Longman, 1989; Puffin, 1995)
- The Disappearance (New York: Delacorte, 1979; Puffin, 1985)
- Mirror of Her Own (New York: Delacorte, 1981)
- Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Senegal (illustrated by John Steptoe - Coretta Scott King Award; New York: Delacorte, 1981; Doubleday, 1993). A translation of Birago Diop's Maman-Caรฏman (1961)[7]
- A Measure of Time (New York: Henry Holt, 1983; London: Virago, 1983)
- New Guys Around the Block (New York: Delacorte, 1983; London: Gollancz, 1983; Laurel Leaf, 1992: Puffin, 1995)
- Paris, Pee Wee and Big Dog (London: Gollancz, 1984; New York: Delacorte, 1985; Puffin, 1986; Nelson Thornes Ltd, 1988)
- My Love, My Love, or the Peasant Girl[8] (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1985; London: Virago, 2000; Coffee House Press, 2002)
- And I Heard a Bird Sing (New York: Delacorte, 1987; London: Gollancz, 1987; Puffin, 1994)
- The Ups and Downs of Carl Davis III (Delacorte, 1989; Gollancz, 1989; Collins Educational, 1994)
- Billy the Great Child (London: Gollancz, 1991; New York: Delacorte, 1992)
- The Music of Summer (New York: Delacorte, 1992)
- The Sun, the Sea, A Touch of the Wind (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1995)
Referensi
sunting- ^ Margalit Fox, "Rosa Guy, 89, Author of Forthright Novels for Young People, Dies", New York Times, June 7, 2012
- ^ "Rosa Guy page". African American Literature Book Club. Diakses tanggal October 28, 2015.
- ^ Margaret Busby, "Rosa Guy obituary", The Guardian, June 17, 2012.
- ^ Nagueyalti Warren. William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster & Trudier Harris (ed.). "Rosa Guy". The Oxford Companion to African American Literature. Oxford University Press, 1997. hlm.ย 331โ32. Diakses tanggal June 5, 2012.
- ^ Barbara Thrash Murphy, Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults: A Biographical Dictionary, Garland Publishing, 1999, p. 163.
- ^ McDonald, William (2012). The Socialite who Killed a Nazi with Her Bare Hands: And 144 Other Fascinating People who Died this Year: the Best of the New York Times Obituaries. Workman. hlm.ย 141โ142. ISBNย 9780761170877. Diakses tanggal September 28, 2014.
- ^ Daniel Hahn, Humphrey Carpenter, Mari Prichard (eds), "Guy (Cuthbert), Rosa", in The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, Oxford University Press, 2015.
- ^ Gargeau, Angeline (December 1, 1985). "Review of 'My Love, My Love: Or The Peasant Girl'". The New York Times. Diakses tanggal June 5, 2012.
Bacaan lanjutan
suntingJ. Saunders Redding, review of Bird at My Window, The Crisis 103.3 (April 1966), pp.ย 225โ227.
Pranala luar
sunting- Banyan: Interview with Rosa Guy Diarsipkan 2015-09-24 di Wayback Machine., 2nd International Conference of Caribbean Women Writers, Trinidad & Tobago, April 27, 1990.
- African American Literary Bookclub: Rosa Guy
