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September 30 Birthday: Elie Wiesel

Anne — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:38:22 +0000

Elie Wiesel, writer, humanitarian

Sept. 30, 1928-

Paths to Peace: People Who Changed the World by Jane Breskin Zalben (Dutton, 2006)

Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner 1986 Wiesel is highlighted in this important collective biography about peacemakers.

Read a riveting interview with Wiesel on the Academy of Achievement-A Museum of Living History web site.

September 29 Birthday: Walter Anderson

Anne — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:19:53 +0000

Walter Anderson, artist, writer, naturalist

September 29, 1903-November 30, 1965

The Secret World of Walter Anderson by Hester Bass, illustrated by E. B. Lewis (Candlewick 2009)

Walter Anderson explored and studied and painted the wildlife of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. But it wasn’t until after his death that his wife discovered the glorious art he made in a cottage on Horn Island for himself. It was his secret world and soon all would marvel at its detail and depth and design.

The Smithsonian Institute presented an exhibit in 2005, Walter Anderson: Everything I See is New and Strange.

September 29 Birthday: Miguel de Cervantes

Anne — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:06:33 +0000

Miguel de Cervantes, writer

Sept. 29, 1547-Apr. 23, 1616

Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt Harcourt, 1994)

Most famous for his book Don Quixote, Cervantes takes the stage in this collective biography.

The Cervantes Project hosted by Texas A&M University offers bio info, images, bibliographies and more.