Madeleine L'Engle and Me - (27) ~ by SaralynArati

SaralynArati

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Thanks very much, NightOwl!! I was quite pleased with how well her pixie cut came out. :)

8 years ago

NightOwl

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So cool! :D You both look so good! awesome doll! ACCURACY: 10 points. INTRICACY: 9 points. DESCRIPTION: 10 points. TOTAL: 29 points! :)

8 years ago

SaralynArati

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As for me, I don't remember how old I was when I first read "A Wrinkle in Time". I can't seem to recall it ever not being there; certainly I was very young. Madeleine L'Engle's writing helped to shape the way I think and feel about so many things: my love of fantasy as a genre, obviously, but much more... my interest in science, my views of faith and spirituality, my life-long need to write to express myself creatively. She is beyond an inspiration to me, and truly influenced who I am today.

8 years ago

SaralynArati

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Despite her early success, L'Engle determined to give up writing on her 40th birthday (November 1958) when she received yet another rejection notice. However, she found that she was still writing subconsciously. During the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, L'Engle wrote dozens of books for children and adults. "A Wrinkle in Time", her most famous and popular work, was rejected more than thirty times before it was finally published in 1962. This marked the beginning of her true success as an author.

8 years ago

SaralynArati

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L'Engle attended Smith College from 1937 to 1941. After graduating cum laude from Smith, she moved to an apartment in New York City. In 1942, she met actor Hugh Franklin when she appeared in the play "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov. L'Engle married Franklin on January 26, 1946, the year after the publication of her first novel, "The Small Rain". Later she wrote of their meeting and marriage, "We met in 'The Cherry Orchard' and were married in 'The Joyous Season'." They had three children.

8 years ago

SaralynArati

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L'Engle wrote her first story at age five and began keeping a journal at age eight. These early literary attempts did not translate into academic success at the New York City private school where she was enrolled. A shy, clumsy child, she was branded as stupid by some of her teachers. Unable to please them, she retreated into her own world of books and writing. Her parents often disagreed about how to raise her, and as a result she attended a number of boarding schools and had many governesses.

8 years ago