Erik Christian Haugaard

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Erik Christian Haugaard


Born
in Denmark
April 13, 1923

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Erik Haugaard was born in Denmark and has traveled extensively in the United States, Italy, Spain, and Japan. Called "a writer gifted in the art of the storyteller" by the BOSTON GLOBE, he is internationally known for his accomplishments as a playwright, poet, and translator.

Haugaard has written a number of acclaimed works for young adults that transport readers back to a time and place in history that placed upon children burdens nearly unimaginable to the contemporary North American adolescent. Religious strife, World War II, and feudal Japan are just some of the settings Haugaard has explored in his books, which usually feature a child whose hardships are made all the worse due to the loss of parents or other guardians.
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Average rating: 3.78 · 3,694 ratings · 386 reviews · 36 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Samurai's Tale

3.66 avg rating — 2,324 ratings — published 1984 — 22 editions
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The Boy and the Samurai

3.81 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 1991 — 15 editions
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The Revenge of the Forty-Se...

3.87 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1995 — 10 editions
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Hakon of Rogen's Saga

3.98 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1963 — 7 editions
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Hans Christian Andersen's F...

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Chase Me, Catch Nobody!

3.53 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1980 — 5 editions
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The Little Fishes

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A Slave's Tale

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3.60 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1965 — 7 editions
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Cromwell's Boy

3.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1978 — 7 editions
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The untold tale

3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1971 — 3 editions
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“The fairy tale belongs to the poor...I know of no fairy tale which upholds the tyrant, or takes the part of the strong against the weak. A fascist fairy tale is an absurdity.”
Erik Christian Haugaard

“Now he understood clearly that roads do divide, at the crossroad there is a choice, and blinding oneself to it is a form of choosing, too; it is the fool's way, the coward's way.”
Erik Christian Haugaard, The untold tale

“Nearly all samurai practice Zen - it is the Way of Enlightenment."
"Possibly the light of Zen is so strong that it has blinded me to its virtue." Yoshitoki smiled.
"It is very good discipline for the mind, as the martial arts are for the body." Kenmotsu looked very smug as he said this. "I do Zazen twice a week."
"I think it will do no-one any harm, though personally I find it more pleasant to think than to empty my mind of thought.”
Erik Christian Haugaard, The Samurai's Tale

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