E.B. White

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born

July 11, 1899 in Mount Vernon, NY, The United States

died

October 01, 1985

gender

male

genre

Children's Books, Literature & Fiction

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Elwyn Brooks White was a leading American essayist, author, humorist, poet and literary stylist and author of such beloved children's classics as Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan. He graduated from Cornell University in 1921 and, five or six years later, joined the staff of The New Yorker magazine. He authored over seventeen books of prose and poetry and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1973.

Funnily enough for such a famous writer, he always said that he found writing difficult and bad for one's disposition but he kept at it!

Mr. White has won countless awards, including the 1971 National Medal for Literature and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, which commended him for making “a substantia...more

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Average rating: 4.05 · 302,278 ratings · 8,568 reviews · 35 distinct works

	Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, Garth Williams (Illustrator), Rosemary Wells (Illustrations) 4.08 avg rating — 234,318 ratings — published 1952 — 98 editions	My rating:
	Stuart Little by E.B. White, Garth Williams (Illustrator) 3.76 avg rating — 27,612 ratings — published 1945 — 52 editions	My rating:
	The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White, Fred Marcellino (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 17,439 ratings — published 1948 — 39 editions	My rating:
	Here is New York by E.B. White, Barbara Cohen (Editor), Judith Stonehill (Editor) 4.38 avg rating — 1,098 ratings — published 1949 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Three Beloved Classics by E. B. White: Charlotte's Web/the Trumpet of the Swan/Stuart Little by E.B. White, Garth Williams (Illustrator), Edward Frascino (Illustrator) 4.28 avg rating — 1,058 ratings — published 1972 — 17 editions	My rating:
	Charlotte's Web/Stuart Little Slipcase Gift Set by E.B. White, Garth Williams (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 869 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Essays of E.B. White 4.40 avg rating — 885 ratings — published 1977 — 6 editions	My rating:
	One Man's Meat by E.B. White, Roger Angell (Foreword by) 4.42 avg rating — 419 ratings — published 1944 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976 by E.B. White, Rebecca M. Dale (Editor) 4.26 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Letters of E. B. White, Revised Edition by E.B. White, Dorothy Lobrano Guth (Editor), Martha White (Editor) 4.23 avg rating — 193 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by E.B. White

“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
― E.B. White

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“Why did you do all this for me?" he asked. "I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.'
You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte's Web

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“It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte's Web

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