Carol Ryrie Brink

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Carol Ryrie Brink (1895-1981) was a United States author of children's fiction. Her novel Caddie Woodlawn won the 1936 Newbery Medal.

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[edit] Life

Born Caroline Ryrie on December 28, 1895, in Moscow, Idaho, Brink was orphaned by age 8 and raised by her maternal grandmother, Caroline Watkins, the model for Caddie Woodlawn. Her grandmother's life and storytelling abilities inspired her writing at an early age; she started writing for her school newspapers and continued that in college. She attended the University of Idaho for three years (1914-17) before transferring to the University of California, where she graduated in 1918. On June 12 of that year, she married Raymond Woodard Brink, a young UI mathematics professor she had met in Moscow. They had a son and a daughter and lived for several years in Scotland and France. Anything Can Happen on the River, her first novel, was published in 1934. She wrote fiction throughout her life, and added poetry and painting to her later accomplishments. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Idaho in 1965. [1]. Brink Hall, which houses the UI English Department and faculty offices, is named in her honor. The children's section of the Moscow, ID Carnegie public library is also named after her.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Ericka Streeby biography

[edit] Works

[edit] Novels

  • 1934 Anything Can Happen on the River
  • 1935 Caddie Woodlawn
  • 1937 Baby Island
  • 1937 Goody O'Grumpity
  • 1939 All Over Town
  • 1939 Mademoiselle Misfortune
  • 1939 Magical Melons
  • 1941 Lad with a Whistle
  • 1944 Buffalo Coat
  • 1945 Narcissa Whitman
  • 1945 Minty et Compagnie
  • 1946 Lafayette
  • 1947 Harps in the Wind
  • 1951 Stopover
  • 1952 Family Grandstand
  • 1953 The Highly Trained Dogs of Professor Petit
  • 1955 The Headland
  • 1956 Family Sabbatical
  • 1959 The Pink Motel
  • 1959 Strangers in the Forest
  • 1961 The Twin Cities
  • 1962 Chateau Saint Barnabe
  • 1964 Snow in the River
  • 1966 Andy Buckram's Tin Men
  • 1968 Two Are Better Than One
  • 1968 Winter Cottage
  • 1972 The Bad Times of Irma Baumlein [Irma's Big Lie]
  • 1974 Louly
  • 1976 The Bellini Look
  • 1977 Four Girls on a Homestead

[edit] Plays

  • 1928 The Cupboard Was Bare
  • 1928 The Queen of the Dolls
  • 1945 Caddie Woodlawn