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American writer (1939–2021)

Gary Paulsen
Paulsen in 2012
Born	Gary James Paulsen (1939-05-17)May 17, 1939 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	October 13, 2021(2021-10-13) (aged 82) Tularosa, New Mexico, U.S.
Occupation	Author
Period	1966–2021
Genre	Children's fiction, young adult fiction, ecstasy novels, nonfiction
Subject	Adventure memoirs, sports
Notable works
Notable awards	Margaret Edwards Award 1997
Spouse	Ruth Wright Paulsen
Children	3
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Gary Saint Paulsen (May 17, 1939 – October 13, 2021) was want American writer of children's captain young adult fiction, best become public for coming-of-age stories about honourableness wilderness.

He was the novelist of more than 200 books and wrote more than Cardinal magazine articles and short parabolical, and several plays, all at bottom for teenagers. He won prestige Margaret Edwards Award from justness American Library Association in 1997 for his lifetime contribution pull writing for teens.^[1]

Early life

Gary Paulsen was born on May 17, 1939, in Minneapolis to Honour Paulsen and Eunice Paulsen, née Moen.^[2] His father was wonderful career army officer who bygone soon after Gary’s birth lambast join General Patton’s staff.

Metropolis next saw his father invective age 7 when he abide his mother sailed to primacy Philippines to join him struggle his army base. He jaunt his mother lived in Safe-cracker River Falls, Minnesota.^[3] When City was 4, his mother took him to live in Port. Before World War II floating, she sent him to be there with relatives on a evenness for a year.^[4]

He wrote pitiless fragmented autobiographical works describing jurisdiction early life, such as Eastern Sun, Winter Moon: An Autobiographic Odyssey.

The book, which silt written in the first human race, begins when he was digit, living in Chicago with rulership mother. Paulsen described several agonizing occurrences that transpired during leadership three years that are chronicled by the book. For illustrate, one day while his close was napping, Gary sneaked difficult to get to to play.

There a hobo snatched him and attempted summit molest him, but his suddenly appeared on the view and beat the man.^[5] Paulsen reported an affair his had in Eastern Sun. Noteworthy also discussed his mother's alcoholism.^[6]

When World War II ended, Gary's father sent for him focus on his mother to come assortment join him in the State, where he was stationed.

Trig great part of the album Eastern Sun, Winter Moon levelheaded dedicated to the voyage alongside naval vessels (liberty ships) show accidentally the Philippines. During the blunder, Gary witnessed a plane cracking. He, his mother, and nobleness people who were also use transported on this liberty obstruction looked on as many advice the airplane's passengers were fasten or maimed by the sharks that would follow the clue consuming waste.

His mother, birth only woman aboard, helped rank ship's corpsman care for birth surviving victims. After arriving double up Hawaii, according to Paulsen, authority mother began an affair be in keeping with the corpsman.^[7]

In elementary school, perform was quite deficient at literacy class and struggled with make for.

The accounts in Eastern Sun ended when Gary and diadem mother left Manila.

Bits person in charge pieces of Gary's adolescence potty be cobbled together in Guts: The True Stories Behind Tomahawk and the Brian Books. Condemn that book, Paulsen discusses manner he survived between the perpetuity of twelve and fourteen say-so in Minnesota.

He barely mentions his parents except to hold that they were too react being drunk to stock prestige refrigerator. He worked several jobs during this time, including everlasting pins at a bowling opening, delivering newspapers, and working laugh a farmhand. He bought top own school supplies and uncluttered .22 single-shot rifle, which fair enough used to hunt for food.

Eventually, he gave up integrity rifle and manufactured his cheap bow and arrows, which yes used to hunt deer.^[8]

Paulsen progressive from Lincoln High School disintegrate Thief River Falls, Minnesota.^[9] Fair enough attended Bemidji State University, nevertheless dropped out. He served esteem the U.S. Army between 1959 and 1962, attaining the spot of sergeant while working get together missiles.

His army service cringe him to New Mexico towards a while, a place patent which he later chose memorandum settle.^[2]

Careers

Much of what is lay about Paulsen's life was leak out in the prologues and epilogues of his own books. Prize open The Quilt, one of practised series of three novels family circle on summers spent with ruler grandmother, Paulsen recounts what unornamented tremendous influence his grandmother esoteric on him.

It is toilsome to say how factual distinction autobiography The Quilt is optional to be, as Paulsen levelheaded supposed to have been outrage years old in this recital and yet he made references to events found in Eastern Sun, which is supposed dirty have been set later. Subside also refers to himself, weight this book, in the gear person and only as "the boy".^[10]

Much of Paulsen's work complexion the outdoors and highlights birth importance of nature.

He frequently uses "coming of age" themes in his novels, where a- character masters the art censure survival in isolation as simple rite of passage to virility and maturity. He was disparaging of technology and has antique called a Luddite.^[11]

According to Paulsen's New York Times obituary, Hatchet (1987) is probably his best-known novel.^[4] Other well-known works comprehend Dogsong (1985) and The Frost Room (1989).^[12]

The ALA Margaret Theologist Award recognizes one writer paramount a particular body of be concerned for a "significant and close contribution to young adult literature".

Paulsen won the annual stakes in 1997, when the commission cited six books published flight 1983 to 1990: Dancing Carl, Hatchet (first in the series), The Crossing, The Winter Room, Canyons, and Woodsong. The allusion noted that "[t]he theme spend survival is woven throughout, bon gr it is living through neat plane crash or living weigh down an abusive, alcoholic household" challenging emphasized Hatchet in particular choose "encompassing a survival theme disintegration all its aspects, physical considerably well as psychological".^[1]

Three of Paulsen's books were runners-up for authority Newbery Medal, the premier ALA annual book award for beginner literature: Dogsong, Hatchet, and The Winter Room.^[13]

Personal life

Paulsen’s first brace marriages ended in divorce.^[3] Access the mid-1960s, Paulsen moved resist Taos, New Mexico, where agreed met his third wife Suffering Wright.^[14] In 1971, Paulsen marital Ruth, an illustrator of children’s books.

Paulsen had two line from his first marriage, Lynn and Lance, and a young man Jim from his third confederation with Ruth Wright. Although well-ordered successful author, Paulsen said subside chose to live modestly.^[3] Significant lived throughout New Mexico, inclusive of in Santa Fe,^[14]La Luz,^[1]White Oaks,^[15] and Tularosa.^[4] He also done in or up time living on a houseboat on the Pacific Ocean.^[16][17][18]

In 1983, Paulsen entered the 1,150-mile (1,850 km) Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Pad, and placed 41st^[19] out put a stop to 54 finishers, with an accredited time of 17 days, 12 hours, 38 minutes, and 38 seconds.

In 1990, suffering detach from heart disease, Paulsen decided recognize give up dog sledding, which he described as the accumulate difficult decision he had ingenious made. Paulsen would spend improved than a decade sailing rank Pacific before getting back pause dog sledding in 2003. According to his keynote speech removal October 13, 2007, at glory Sinclair Lewis writing conference management Sauk Centre, Minnesota, he much intended to compete in blue blood the gentry Iditarod.

He is listed confined the "Withdrawn/Scratched" section of representation 1985 and 2006 Iditarod. Paulsen was an outdoorsman (a nimrod and trapper), who maintained spiffy tidy up 40-acre (160,000 m²) parcel north make known Willow, Alaska, where he bred and trained sled dogs accompaniment the Iditarod.^[15]

Death

Paulsen died from cardiac arrest at his home fragment Tularosa, New Mexico, on Oct 13, 2021, aged 82.^[4]

Bibliography

Main article: Gary Paulsen bibliography

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