Remembering Madeleine L'Engle, Smith '41
Madeleine L'Engle, a well known writer of classic children's books, including the Newbery Medal-winning A Wrinkle in Time, passed away on September 6, 2007.
L'Engle believed that storytelling "... does indeed have something to do with faith. Faith that the universe has meaning, that our little human lives are not irrelevant, that what we choose or say or do matters, matters cosmically." In her 1963 Newberry acceptance speech, she mentions that "a book, too, can be a star, explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe." This is why children's stories remain relevant to adults today.
In memory, I posted a tribute to Madeleine L'Engle in my blog here.
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Did anyone else hear her read at Helen Hills Hills Chapel senior year? It was just amazing...her books were my mainstays growing up (and I've read them a fair bit as a grown-up, too). Looking back, I think it's a toss-up between Madeleine L'Engle and Judy Blume as to who influenced me more as a young woman.
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