{"id":4417,"date":"2025-09-28T09:10:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T01:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=4417"},"modified":"2026-09-27T21:21:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T13:21:32","slug":"kidsbook_history_0928","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2025\/09\/28\/kidsbook_history_0928\/","title":{"rendered":"Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 28: This Day in Chil\u00addren\u2019s Book His\u00adto\u00adry"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"519\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Angelika-Kutsch-Man-kriegt-nichts-geschenkt.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Angelika-Kutsch-Man-kriegt-nichts-geschenkt.jpg 519w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Angelika-Kutsch-Man-kriegt-nichts-geschenkt-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Angelika-Kutsch-Man-kriegt-nichts-geschenkt-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"302\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Angelika-Kutsch-Man-kriegt-nichts-geschenkt-02.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Angelika-Kutsch-Man-kriegt-nichts-geschenkt-02.jpg 302w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Angelika-Kutsch-Man-kriegt-nichts-geschenkt-02-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Angelika-Kutsch-Man-kriegt-nichts-geschenkt-02-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1941 \u2013 Born: Angelika Kutsch<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned Ger\u00adman chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture author and mas\u00adter trans\u00adla\u00adtor of Nordic lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (1941). She was a key bridge between con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Ger\u00adman chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and Nordic lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, and trans\u00adlat\u00aded the works of many Nordic giants such as Astrid Lind\u00adgren and M\u00fcn\u00adster Hell\u00adstr\u00f6m into the Ger\u00adman-speak\u00ading world. She was also known for her sharp, frank, and social\u00adly con\u00adscious real\u00adis\u00adtic writ\u00ading for young read\u00aders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Top Award and Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive Works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>There\u2019s no such thing as a free lunch.<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Man kriegt nichts geschenkt<\/em>(1973) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>1975 Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP) \u201cSpe\u00adcial Prize for the Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Year of Women\u201d (Son\u00adder\u00adpreis zum Inter\u00adna\u00adtionalen Jahr der Frau)<\/strong>A clas\u00adsic social real\u00adist nov\u00adel that direct\u00adly con\u00adfronts the grow\u00ading pains of a work\u00ading-class girl in post\u00adwar West Ger\u00admany\u2019s indus\u00adtri\u00adal region. The nov\u00adel tells the sto\u00adry of a young girl who, under harsh eco\u00adnom\u00adic real\u00adi\u00adties and heavy fam\u00adi\u00adly bur\u00addens, refus\u00ades to com\u00adpro\u00admise with her pre\u00adde\u00adter\u00admined fate and fights for auton\u00ado\u00admy through self-employ\u00adment and spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal awak\u00aden\u00ading, show\u00adcas\u00ading the ear\u00adly influ\u00adence of fem\u00adi\u00adnism in chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At&nbsp;<strong>In 2014, he received the Spe\u00adcial Life\u00adtime Achieve\u00adment Award from the Ger\u00adman Youth Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Prize (DJLP).<\/strong>In recog\u00adni\u00adtion of his out\u00adstand\u00ading con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions to chil\u00addren\u2019s trans\u00adla\u00adtion and lit\u00ader\u00adary cre\u00adation over the decades.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Ange\u00adli\u00adka Kutsch |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q534416?utm_source=gemini\">Ange\u00adli\u00adka Kutsch (Wiki\u00adda\u00adta)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"661\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Chiara-Mezzalama-\u82b1\u56ed\u91cc\u5916-661x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Chiara-Mezzalama-\u82b1\u56ed\u91cc\u5916-661x1024.jpg 661w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Chiara-Mezzalama-\u82b1\u56ed\u91cc\u5916-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Chiara-Mezzalama-\u82b1\u56ed\u91cc\u5916-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Chiara-Mezzalama-\u82b1\u56ed\u91cc\u5916-768x1189.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Chiara-Mezzalama-\u82b1\u56ed\u91cc\u5916.jpg 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 661px) 100vw, 661px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Chiara-Mezzalama-\u4e94\u989c\u516d\u8272\u7684\u74e6\u4f26\u4e01-832x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Chiara-Mezzalama-\u4e94\u989c\u516d\u8272\u7684\u74e6\u4f26\u4e01-832x1024.jpg 832w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Chiara-Mezzalama-\u4e94\u989c\u516d\u8272\u7684\u74e6\u4f26\u4e01-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Chiara-Mezzalama-\u4e94\u989c\u516d\u8272\u7684\u74e6\u4f26\u4e01-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Chiara-Mezzalama-\u4e94\u989c\u516d\u8272\u7684\u74e6\u4f26\u4e01-768x945.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Chiara-Mezzalama-\u4e94\u989c\u516d\u8272\u7684\u74e6\u4f26\u4e01.jpg 835w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>Born 1972: Chiara Mezzalama<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Ital\u00adian writer, trans\u00adla\u00adtor, and schol\u00adar of psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (1972). Born in Rome, she spent her child\u00adhood with her diplo\u00admat father, sta\u00adtioned in Iran and Moroc\u00adco. Her illus\u00adtrat\u00aded books are char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by their del\u00adi\u00adcate and ele\u00adgant style. She excels at cap\u00adtur\u00ading glim\u00admers of human\u00adi\u00adty that tran\u00adscend hos\u00adtil\u00adi\u00adty and bar\u00adri\u00aders against the back\u00addrop of grand his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal events marked by polit\u00adi\u00adcal tur\u00admoil and the shad\u00adow of war, using a pure and restrained child\u2019s per\u00adspec\u00adtive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Top Award and Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive Works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Inside and out\u00adside the gar\u00adden<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Le Jardin du dedans-dehors<\/em>(Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion by R\u00e9gis Lejonc, 2017) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>2018 Prix Sor\u00adci\u00e8res (French Sor\u00adcer\u00adess Prize) Grand Vision Book Award (Car\u00adr\u00e9\u00adment Beau \u2013 Univers Maxi)<\/strong>The book, which won the Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Book Prize, is based on the author\u2019s real child\u00adhood expe\u00adri\u00adences in Tehran in 1979. At that time, Iran was engulfed in rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion and war, and the large gar\u00adden of the Ital\u00adian embassy became the \u201cinside\u201d (safe, fra\u00adgrant, a fairy\u00adtale-like haven), while out\u00adside the walls was the \u201cout\u00adside\u201d (gun\u00adfire, black smoke, and a tur\u00adbu\u00adlent city). One day, an Iran\u00adian boy from out\u00adside the wall climbed over and entered the gar\u00adden. Fear ulti\u00admate\u00adly trans\u00adformed into pure friend\u00adship, and the two chil\u00addren, tran\u00adscend\u00ading lan\u00adguage and polit\u00adi\u00adcal bar\u00adri\u00aders, smiled at each oth\u00ader. Reg\u00adgie Le Junker, with ele\u00adgant lines and pan\u00adel\u00ading rem\u00adi\u00adnis\u00adcent of Per\u00adsian minia\u00adture paint\u00adings, pro\u00adfound\u00adly inter\u00adprets the true mean\u00ading of peace.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works also include the philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal pic\u00adture book *Valen\u00adtine in Col\u00adors*, a col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion with Iran\u00adian illus\u00adtra\u00adtor Reza Dar\u00advand that explores themes of embrac\u00ading indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty and oppos\u00ading prej\u00adu\u00addice.<em>Valentin de toutes les couleurs<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Chiara Mez\u00adza\u00adla\u00adma |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chiara_Mezzalama?utm_source=gemini\">Chiara Mez\u00adza\u00adla\u00adma (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922_01__James-Berry-Anancy-Spiderman.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922_01__James-Berry-Anancy-Spiderman.jpg 333w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922_01__James-Berry-Anancy-Spiderman-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922_01__James-Berry-Anancy-Spiderman-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922_01__James-Berry-A-Thief-in-the-Village-And-Other-Stories-of-Jamaica-668x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-11792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922_01__James-Berry-A-Thief-in-the-Village-And-Other-Stories-of-Jamaica-668x1024.jpg 668w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922_01__James-Berry-A-Thief-in-the-Village-And-Other-Stories-of-Jamaica-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922_01__James-Berry-A-Thief-in-the-Village-And-Other-Stories-of-Jamaica-767x1177.jpg 767w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922_01__James-Berry-A-Thief-in-the-Village-And-Other-Stories-of-Jamaica-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0922_01__James-Berry-A-Thief-in-the-Village-And-Other-Stories-of-Jamaica.jpg 978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1924 \u2013 Born: James Berry<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jamaican-British poet and chil\u00addren\u2019s author (1924\u20132017). He was one of the core lit\u00ader\u00adary advo\u00adcates of the \u201cWin\u00addrush gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion\u201d of Caribbean immi\u00adgrants, and ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded his life to col\u00adlect\u00ading African oral lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and pro\u00admot\u00ading inter\u00adra\u00adcial cul\u00adtur\u00adal equal\u00adi\u00adty. He was award\u00aded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and the Cos\u00adta Book Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works and con\u00adtent passed down through gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anansey the Spi\u00adder-Man<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Anan\u00adcy Spi\u00adder\u00adman<\/em>(1988) \u2014 Select\u00aded for \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books\u201d. Berry sys\u00adtem\u00adat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly reimag\u00adined the Anan\u00adsi, the mag\u00adi\u00adcal half-man, half-spi\u00adder totem from tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Black mythol\u00ado\u00adgy, using lan\u00adguage rich in Caribbean Cre\u00adole rhythms and the earthy cadence of West African folk\u00adlore. In the long his\u00adto\u00adry of the slave trade and colo\u00adnial suf\u00adfer\u00ading, the Anan\u00adsi\u2019s resilience, cun\u00adning, and sur\u00advival skills in the face of adver\u00adsi\u00adty have become a spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal totem of resis\u00adtance against tyran\u00adny and hard\u00adship in Black cul\u00adture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Vil\u00adlage Thief<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>A Thief in the Vil\u00adlage<\/em>(1987) \u2014 Win\u00adner of the British Smar\u00adties Book Prize: A col\u00adlec\u00adtion of real\u00adis\u00adtic short sto\u00adries set in rur\u00adal Jamaica, vivid\u00adly depict\u00ading the joys and sor\u00adrows of life for a boy in the sun\u00adshine, banana groves and plan\u00adta\u00adtion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | James Berry |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Berry_(poet)?utm_source=gemini\">James Berry (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u9633\u5149\u6eaa\u519c\u573a\u7684\u4e3d\u8d1d\u5361.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-4419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u9633\u5149\u6eaa\u519c\u573a\u7684\u4e3d\u8d1d\u5361.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u9633\u5149\u6eaa\u519c\u573a\u7684\u4e3d\u8d1d\u5361-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u9633\u5149\u6eaa\u519c\u573a\u7684\u4e3d\u8d1d\u5361-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u9633\u5149\u6eaa\u519c\u573a\u7684\u4e3d\u8d1d\u5361-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;<strong>1856 \u2013 Born: Kate Douglas Wiggin<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Froebel (1856\u20131923), a renowned 19th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s author and pio\u00adneer of ear\u00adly child\u00adhood edu\u00adca\u00adtion, was the founder of the first free kinder\u00adgarten on the West Coast of the Unit\u00aded States (Sil\u00adver Street Kinder\u00adgarten in San Fran\u00adcis\u00adco). She ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded her life to prac\u00adtic\u00ading Froe\u00adbel\u2019s edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy, and her writ\u00ading style is live\u00adly, humor\u00adous, and imbued with a pos\u00adi\u00adtive and opti\u00admistic spir\u00adit, as well as respect for chil\u00addren\u2019s inde\u00adpen\u00addent per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adi\u00adties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works and con\u00adtent passed down through gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rebec\u00adca of Sun\u00adbrook Farm<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Rebec\u00adca of Sun\u00adny\u00adbrook Farm<\/em>(1903) \u2014 Select\u00aded for \u201c1001 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books,\u201d a mile\u00adstone in Amer\u00adi\u00adcan chil\u00addren\u2019s com\u00ading-of-age nov\u00adels: a time\u00adless clas\u00adsic of a sun\u00adny girl, on par with \u201cAnne of Green Gables.\u201d Rebec\u00adca, a bright, live\u00adly, imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtive, yet some\u00adwhat impul\u00adsive ten-year-old girl, is sent to live with her two strict and con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive unmar\u00adried aunts in a red-brick house due to her large fam\u00adi\u00adly and finan\u00adcial dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adties. Rebec\u00adca breaks the stereo\u00adtyped dull\u00adness of the small town with her warm and inno\u00adcent heart and vibrant ener\u00adgy, warm\u00ading every\u00adone around her, and ulti\u00admate\u00adly trans\u00adform\u00ading into a strong, inde\u00adpen\u00addent, and respon\u00adsi\u00adble young woman.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Birth | Kate Dou\u00adglas Wig\u00adgin |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kate_Douglas_Wiggin?utm_source=gemini\">Kate Dou\u00adglas Wig\u00adgin (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pran-of-Albania-200x300.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-4418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pran-of-Albania-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pran-of-Albania-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pran-of-Albania-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pran-of-Albania-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pran-of-Albania.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26b0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>1936 \u2013 Death: Elizabeth Cleveland Miller<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A promi\u00adnent Amer\u00adi\u00adcan female cross-cul\u00adtur\u00adal his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adist nov\u00adel\u00adist and Red Cross human\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan relief work\u00ader in the ear\u00adly 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry (1889\u20131936). After World War I, she trav\u00adeled with relief orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions deep into the remote moun\u00adtain\u00adous regions of the Balka\u00adns, metic\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00ading the ancient trib\u00adal life of Alban\u00adian indige\u00adnous peo\u00adples through rig\u00ador\u00adous anthro\u00adpo\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal field\u00adwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Top Award and Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive Works:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Prann\u00adland, Alba\u00adnia<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Pran of Alba\u00adnia<\/em>(Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion by Maud and Miska Peter\u00adsham, 1929) \u2014 Award\u00aded&nbsp;<strong>New\u00adbery Hon\u00ador, 1930<\/strong>The sto\u00adry takes place in the war-torn north\u00adern Balkan moun\u00adtains at the begin\u00adning of the 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry. Four\u00adteen-year-old Pran, a trib\u00adal girl, dis\u00adplays aston\u00adish\u00ading moun\u00adtain pride and courage in the face of trib\u00adal feuds, the shad\u00adow of war, and the ancient, harsh cus\u00adtom of arranged mar\u00adriage. To stop her fam\u00adi\u00adly\u2019s end\u00adless blood feud, she brave\u00adly makes a vow and even cross\u00ades the front lines of war to deliv\u00ader a cease\u00adfire sig\u00adnal, ulti\u00admate\u00adly win\u00adning love and the respect of her tribe through peace and inde\u00adpen\u00addence. The book vivid\u00adly recre\u00adates tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Balkan trib\u00adal cloth\u00ading, ancient cus\u00adtoms, and the indomitable spir\u00adit of moun\u00adtain women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">| Deceased | Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth Cleve\u00adland Miller |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elizabeth_Cleveland_Miller?utm_source=gemini\">Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth Cleve\u00adland Miller (Wikipedia)<\/a>&nbsp;|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf82&nbsp;1941\u5e74 \u2014 \u51fa\u751f\uff1a\u5b89\u683c\u4e3d\u5361\u00b7\u5e93\u5947 Angelika Kutsch \u5fb7\u56fd\u8457\u540d\u513f\u7ae5\u6587\u5b66\u4f5c\u5bb6\u3001\u5317\u6b27 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[498],"tags":[406,10],"class_list":["post-4417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-498","tag-406","tag-10"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Chiara-Mezzalama-\u82b1\u56ed\u91cc\u5916.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4417"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11793,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4417\/revisions\/11793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}