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Read Like a Wolf Eats: An Appreciation of Gary Paulsen
“You lived or you died… And in between you learned.”
— Northwind, pp. 196
The prolific writer Gary Paulsen left us in October of 2021. The composer of more than 200 books, Paulsen touched thousands of young readers’ lives. The testament of upper elementary university teachers across the country affirms that Paulsen also ignited the spark that inspired thousands of children to grow readers. The publication that was probably most responsible for this oh so well-earned reputation, is Hatchet, published in 1987. It was the first of three Paulsen books to earn a Newbery Honor, and it spawned four sequels.
The success and influence of Hatchet earned Paulsen the reputation as an outdoor survival writer, an expert on coming of age stories that used the wilderness to tease out protagonist’s inner strengths and capabilities while helping them grow. Paulsen wrote many other books, personal tales of living hardy in the north, non-fiction accounts of his time with dogs, racing the Iditarod, sailing in the northwest, culminating in his concluding memoir, Gone to the Woods (2021), an
Cao Min
Speaking Time and Room No.: 2006-9-22 14:00-15:30 Room II
Speaker: Cao Min (China)
Coming of Age——A Solitary Journey in the Wilderness
—— On Reading Gary Paulsen’s Newberry Honor Books Hatchet and Dogsong
Cao Min
Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
Abstract: Coming of age has extended been a universal theme in many young adult novels. The following thesis analyzes how the American writer Gary Paulsen adapts this theme in his two Newberry Honor young adult books Hatchet and Dogsong with his hold elements of maturity package: being alone and immersing into nature. In these two stories, the novelist depicts how the protagonists Brian and Russel supervise to complete their excursions in character respectively after getting through a series of trials. On finishing the journey, they not only learn more about the interrelationship of man, animals and death, but also successfully transform from boyhood into manhood.
Key words: coming of age maturity initiation nature
Introduction
Coming of age has long been a universal theme in many fresh adult novels. Usually the protagonists of those novels develop more mature physically and mentally after a
Beloved author Gary Paulsen has died aged 82
Beloved composer Gary Paulsen died suddenly on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at the age of 82. The three-time Newbery Honor-winning author was beloved by the children’s literature community and by generations of readers and fans. His award-winning and critically acclaimed books add Hatchet, Brian’s Winter, The River, Brian’s Return, Brian’s Hunt, Dogsong, The Winter Room, and most recently his memoir, Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Disoriented Childhood (published in the UK as Gone to the Woods:A True Story of Growing Up in the Wild). His final novel, Northwind, will be published in the US in January 2022 by Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers and in the UK in July 2022 by Macmillan Children's Books.
Belinda Ioni Rasmussen, MD Macmillan Children's Books, says:
‘All of us at Macmillan Children's Books are shocked to hear this sudden news of the death of Gary Paulsen. We are proud to be his UK publisher for over thirty years and his classic Newbery Honor-winning novel Hatchet has in particular been widely loved, recommended and shared by children, families, teachers since it was first publish
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Gary Paulsen
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Born Gary James Paulsen
(1939-05-17)May 17, 1939
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.Died October 13, 2021(2021-10-13) (aged 82)
Tularosa, New Mexico, U.S.Occupation Author Period 1966–2021 Genre Children's fiction, young adult fiction, adventure novels, nonfiction Subject Adventure memoirs, sports Notable works Notable awards Margaret Edwards Award
1997Spouse Ruth Wright Paulsen Children 3 Signature Gary James Paulsen (May 17, 1939 – October 13, 2021) was an American writer eminent for his exciting adventure stories. He wrote over 200 books, mostly for teenagers, often about characters learning to survive and grow up in the wilderness. Paulsen was honored with the Margaret Edwards Award in 1997 for his amazing contributions to books for young adults. His most famous guide is Hatchet, which tells the story of a boy who survives a plane crash in the wild.
Early Life
Gary Paulsen was born on May 17, 1939, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father was an army officer who was often away for his work. When Gary was seven, he and his mother traveled
Obituary: Gary Paulsen
Award-winning and prolific author Gary Paulsen, best known for his novels and nonfiction for young people about self-reliance and the transformative, amazing power of the wilderness, died suddenly on October 13 in New Mexico. He was 82.
Paulsen was born May 17, 1939 in Minneapolis to Oscar and Eunice Paulsen. His father was a career military man who served as an officer under General Patton during Nature War II. In an interview for Something About the Author, Gary Paulsen recalled an early childhood “reared by my grandmother and several aunts” while his father was “fighting the Germans” and his mother worked in a munitions plant in Chicago during the war doing “Rosie the Riveter type stuff.” Paulsen was seven years old when he first saw his father in the Philippines, where the family was stationed from 1946–49.
Upon returning to the U.S., Paulsen was a self-described shy “Army brat” moving to a new place—and new school—every few months, finding it hugely difficult to construct friends. At age 13, he told SATA, Paulsen had a chance run-in that awakened h