Barbara Cohen (1932–1992) was an American author of children's literature.

Personal life

Cohen graduated from Barnard College (BA, 1954) and from Rutgers University (MA, 1957). She taught high school English in several cities in New Jersey, and wrote a long-running newspaper column entitled "Books and Things." She and her husband Gene had three daughters, Leah, Sara, and Rebecca.[1]

She was a resident of Bridgewater Township, New Jersey.[2]

Bibliography

She wrote more than thirty books in a range of genres, from picture books (The Carp in the Bathtub, 1972) to retellings of Biblical stories (e.g., The Binding of Isaac, 1978; David, 1995) to classical literature (Four Canterbury Tales, 1987) to young adult dystopias (Unicorns in the Rain, 1980).[3]

She was recognized several times for her work, being awarded the Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award (1980) and the Sydney Taylor Picture Book Award (1981).

Among her other books are,:[4][5]

Other awards

References

  1. ^ "Barbara Cohen," Jewish Women's Archive Encyclopedia
  2. ^ Tomasson, Robert E. "Chronicle: Angel, of the Flying Wallendas, is back in the hospital; A covey of writing Jerseeyans enters the state's Literary Hall of Fame", The New York Times, August 15, 1991. Accessed September 4, 2019. "Ms. Cohen, the author of 34 children's books and winner of an Academy Award for the screenplay of her book Molly's Pilgrims, lives in Bridgewater."
  3. ^ Saxon, Wolfgang (1992-12-01). "Barbara Kauder Cohen, a Children's Author, 60". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  4. ^ Barbara Cohen books on WorldCat
  5. ^ Barbara Cohen bibliography at Scholastic
  6. ^ a b "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Archived from the original on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

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