Clymer, Eleanor (1906–2001)
Clymer, Eleanor (1906–2001)
American children's writer. Born Eleanor Lowenton, Jan 7, 1906, to Russian immigrant parents; died May 30, 2001, in Haverford, Pennsylvania; earned degree in English from University of Wisconsin, 1928; m. Kinsey Clymer (journalist, later social worker); children: Adam Clymer (Washington correspondent for The New York Times).
Published 58 books (1943–83), including A Yard for John (1943), The Trolley Car Family (1947), My Brother Stevie (1967), The Tiny Little House (1964) and Hamburgers—and Ice Cream for Dessert (1975).
More From encyclopedia.com
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Clymer, Eleanor (1906–2001)