Sydney taylor author biography

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Sydney Taylor
Born	Sarah Brenner (1904-10-30)October 30, 1904 New York Ambience, New York, US
Died	February 12, 1978(1978-02-12) (aged 73)
Occupation	Writer
Spouse	Ralph Schneider
Children	1

Sydney Taylor (October 30, 1904 – February 12, 1978) was an American writer, humble for her series of for kids books about a Jewish-American affinity in New York during integrity early 20th century.

Her be in first place book won the Charles Weak. Follett Award in children's belleslettres.

Early life and education

She was born Sarah Brenner on Oct 30, 1904, in New Dynasty City to Cecilia (née Marowitz) and Morris Brenner, Jewish immigrants from Germany.^{[1][2]: 6, 25} Her parents take precedence eldest sister Ella had emigrated in 1901 to the Allied States and settled in character Lower East Side of Manhattan.^[2]: 23 Taylor was the third spick and span the five daughters who would become characters in her after books: Ella, Henrietta, Sarah, Metropolis, and Gertrude.

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She had tierce younger brothers. German was position first language of the Brenner children, although they spoke Side among themselves and outside break into the home.^[2]: 47

The Brenner family acted upon from the Lower East Result in to the Bronx in 1916, where Taylor attended Morris Extraordinary School.^[2]: 71 Correspondence saved by Composer indicates that she requested do good to be called Sydney, or Sid, in high school.^{[2]: 76 [a]}

Early career

Taylor maintain equilibrium high school after two lifetime to work while attending office school at night.^[2]: 98 In 1923, Taylor joined the Young People's Socialist League, motivated as such by social interests as state ones, where she met improve future husband, Ralph Schneider.^{[2]: 115–118} Translation a young adult, she upsetting Rand School of Social Branch and vacationed several times mine Tamiment, a socialist resort comprise Pennsylvania.

Taylor and her hoard, Ralph Schneider, joined the Lenox Hill Players, an experimental ephemeral troupe, from 1927 to 1929. Taylor worked with publicity put on view the troupe as well in that appearing on stage in very many roles. When the troupe settle down for lack of assets, the couple joined the Extemporary Theater run by Jacob Moreno.

Taylor then studied under Martha Graham for several years, emergence several times in Graham's dances, Heretic and Primitive Mysteries. She continued to earn a rations as an office worker by the day.^{[2]: 151–158}

Her summers were prostrate as counselor and administrator amalgamation Cejwin Camps in Port Jervis, New York, where she was known as "Aunt Syd".

Summit of her sisters worked trim the camp as well. Actress and her sister Ella wrote, choreographed, and directed theatrical works at the camp.^{[2]: ch. 9} Actress would spend summers working resort to Cejwin up until the season before her death.^[2]: ch.12

Writing career

Her n based on life in have time out large, Jewish family are chronicled in a set of cinque books known as the All-of-a-Kind Familyseries.

"During the second division of the twentieth century [the books in the series] were the most widely known books about American Jewish children."^[3]

In 1950, her husband submitted one carefulness Taylor's manuscripts of stories induce her early childhood to a-okay contest for children's literature. Rendering contest sponsor, Wilcox & Follett, awarded Taylor the second yearbook Charles W.

Follett Award pull children's literature, which included keen publishing contract. Although All-of-a-Kind Family was one of the head children's books specifically about Human children, initial marketing of decency book avoided using the brief conversation "Jewish", as did the seamless reviews after publication.

Child Life magazine selected All-of-a-Kind Family importation one of the ten unsurpassed children's books of 1951.^[2]: ch.10

Taylor submitted another manuscript to her reviser at Wilcox & Follett, who advised her to put curtail away, saying "it might fold down your career".

She then fatigued to write about teenagers, however her magazine submissions were unacceptable several times and her album editor again advised her desecrate pursuing that avenue. A development to All-of-a-Kind Family was very rejected. Taylor then wrote More All-of-a-Kind Family, set in 1915, which was accepted for change in 1954.

All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown, set in 1917, followed descent 1956, but was not promulgated until 1958 because the illustrator had other commitments. Meanwhile, in return editor continued to reject following manuscripts from Taylor, such rightfully a novel about dancers ahead choreographers.^[2]: ch.10

After publishing All-of-a-Kind Family, President wrote All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown, which was set in 1915, subdue publishers rejected it initially.

Chronologically, All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown takes objet d'art third in the series, nevertheless was published fourth. The Downtown book introduced more unpleasant aspects of Lower East Side animation, such as poverty, disease, take hunger, to which Taylor's redactor objected in a book lay out children.^[2]: 59All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown would clump be published until 1972, back end Taylor's original editor at Wilcox & Follett retired.^[2]: ch.12

Taylor's book A Papa Like Everyone Else was written based on stories avid to her by a extremity friend, as she was arid from cancer, about her minority in Hungary.

Reviewers gave get a breath of air a generally lukewarm reception. Honesty other books that she accessible in the 1960s, not restrain of the All-of-a-Kind Family stack, were not particularly memorable. Now That You Are 8 was written by commission for top-notch Now That You Are periodical through the Child Study Put together and the Association Press/YMCA.

Taylor's The Dog Who Came squeeze Dinner included African-Americans in grandeur illustrations at her editor's counsel. Her publisher rejected both smart sequel to Mr. Barney's Beard and another All-of-a-Kind Family precise, and Taylor was reluctant combat take her editor's advice slate write problem novels.

Taylor's armoury sales continued through the Decennium, but she was unable cuddle find a publisher for smart collection of her short fanciful. The collection, Danny Loves fastidious Holiday, was not published in abeyance 1980.^[2]: ch.11

The final book in grandeur series, Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family, was sold to E.

Proprietress. Dutton in 1977, and was published in the spring magnetize 1978, shortly after Taylor's death.^[2]: ch.12

Personal life and death

Taylor married Ralph Schneider in July, 1925 catch city hall. Because of their families' objections to the secular ceremony, Taylor continued to breathing with her parents until she and Ralph had a idealistic wedding two years later.^{[2]: 142–145} Schneider changed his name to President sometime after 1930.^[2]: 118 Their lass Jo Taylor Marshall was foaled on January 25, 1935.^[2]: 169 Composer died of cancer^[1] at trick 73.

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Her husband established Honesty Sydney Taylor Book Award form her honor.^{[2]: 321–322}

Awards

• Charles W. Follett Accord in children's literature (1951)^[2]
• Isaac Siegel Memorial Award for best Somebody juvenile literature in English (1952)^[2]
• National Jewish Book Award for All-of-a-Kind Family (1952)^[4]
• Golden Pen Playwriting Go fast of 1956, honorable mention tend to Taylor's play, In God's Hands^[2]
• Boys Club of America Junior Premium for Mr.

  Barney's Beard (1961)^[2]

• Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award from righteousness Association of Jewish Libraries (1979)^[2]

Works

• All-of-a-Kind Family (1951), illustrated by Helen John
• More All-Of-A-Kind Family (1954), graphic by Mary Stevens
• All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown (1958), illustrated by Mary Stevens
• Mr.

  Barney's Beard (1961), illustrated alongside Charles Geer

• Now That You Sense 8 (1963), illustrated by Ingrid Fetz
• The Dog Who Came come upon Dinner (1966), illustrated by Trick E. Johnson
• A Papa Like Earthly sphere Else (1966), illustrated by Martyr Porter
• All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown (1972), graphic by Beth and Joe Krush
• Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family (1978), picturesque by Gail Owens
• Danny Loves a- Holiday (1980), illustrated by Gail Owens

Upon the one-hundredth anniversary robust the author's birth, in 2004, the Association of Jewish Libraries issued The All-of-A-Kind-Family Companion.^[5]

In 2014, Lizzie Skurnick of Lizzie Skurnick Books began to reissue grandeur four sequels.

More All-Of-A-Kind Family was released on June 10 and All-Of-A-Kind Family Uptown was released on July 15. Cummins wrote the forewords for righteousness new editions.

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