Madeleine L'Engle

GPTKB entity

Properties (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Author
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Newbery_Medal
National Book Award
gptkbp:birthDate November 29, 1918
gptkbp:children gptkb:Josephine_Franklin
gptkb:Bennett_Franklin
Maria_Franklin
gptkbp:deathDate September 6, 2007
gptkbp:education gptkb:Smith_College
gptkbp:famousQuote “The only way to deal with the future is to function efficiently in the now.”
“A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.”
“We can’t take any credit for our talents. It’s how we use them that counts.”
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
“The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.”
gptkbp:genre Fantasy
Science Fiction
Young Adult Fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Madeleine L'Engle
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Lois_Lowry
gptkb:J.K._Rowling
gptkb:Neil_Gaiman
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:C.S._Lewis
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:T.S._Eliot
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork A Wrinkle in Time
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Poet
Playwright
Writer
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Litchfield,_Connecticut
gptkbp:series gptkb:The_Wrinkle_in_Time_Quintet
gptkb:The_Austin_Family_Chronicles
Time Quintet
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Hugh_Franklin
gptkbp:website madeleinelengle.com