Charlotte Inez Pomerantz (July 24, 1930 – July 24, 2022) was an American children's writer and journalist.
Early life and education edit
Charlotte Inez Pomerantz was born on July 24, 1930, in Brooklyn, New York, to Phyllis (Cohen) and Abraham Pomerantz.[1][2] She received a bachelor's degree from Sarah Lawrence College in 1953.[3]
Personal life edit
Pomerantz married Carl Marzani on November 12, 1966.[3] She died in Charlottesville, Virginia, on July 24, 2022, her 92nd birthday.[1]
Works edit
Her 1975 story The Princess and the Admiral won a Jane Addams Children's Book Award.[4] Pomerantz's story The Piggy in the Puddle appeared on Reading Rainbow in 1992.[4]
- Books published by Marzani & Munsell
- A quarter-century of un-Americana: a tragico-comical memorabilia of HUAC (1963)[5]
- The mood of the nation (November 22–29, 1963)[6]
- Pamphlet published by the Labor Committee for Peace in Vietnam
- The Unspeakable War: Dead End of a Colonial War 1940–1966 (1966)[7]
- Books for children
- All Asleep (1984)[8]
- One Duck, Another Duck (1984)[9]
- How Many Trucks Can A Tow Truck Tow? (1987)[10]
- The Mousery (2000)[11]
- Posy(1983), winner of the Christopher Award 1984[12]
References edit
- ^ a b Genzlinger, Neil (July 29, 2022). "Charlotte Pomerantz, Inventive Children's Book Author, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
- ^ Gargan, Edward A. (November 21, 1981). "Abraham Pomerantz, 79, Pioneering Lawyer". The New York Times. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
- ^ a b Lesniak, James G.; Trosky, Susan M., eds. (1993). Contemporary Authors. new revision series. Vol. 38. Gale. pp. 338–340. ISBN 0810319926. ISSN 0275-7176. OCLC 1301973550.
- ^ a b Hile, Kevin S., ed. (1995). "Pomerantz, Charlotte 1930–". Something about the Author. Vol. 80. Gale. pp. 179–184. ISBN 978-0-8103-2290-5. ISSN 0276-816X. OCLC 705262519.
- ^ Pomerantz, Charlotte, ed. (1963). A quarter-century of un-Americana: a tragico-comical memorabilia of HUAC. New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 970934397.
- ^ Pomerantz, Charlotte, ed. (1964). The mood of the nation (November 22–29, 1963): A news documentary of a steadfast citizenry. New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 943158279.
- ^ Pomerantz, Charlotte; Kaplan, Howard, eds. (1966). The Unspeakable War. New York: Labor Committee for Peace in Vietnam. OCLC 12166275.
- ^ Pomerantz, Charlotte (1984). All Asleep. Illustrated by Nancy Tafuri. Greenwillow Books. ISBN 0-688-03762-3.
- ^ Pomerantz, Charlotte (1984). One Duck, Another Duck. Illustrated by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey. Harcourt School Publishers. ISBN 0-15-300310-3.
- ^ Pomerantz, Charlotte (1987). How Many Trucks Can A Tow Truck Tow?. Illustrated by R. W. Alley. Random House. ISBN 0-679-87810-6. OCLC 15715802. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
- ^ Pomerantz, Charlotte (2000). The Mousery. Illustrated by Kurt Cyrus. Harcourt. ISBN 0-15-202304-6.
- ^ Pomerantz, Charlotte (1983). Posy. Illustrated by Catherine Stock.