Author for children Ezra Jack Keats

Ezra Jack Keats

Living place: New York

Birthday: 11-3-1916

Population of US 1916: 101,961,000

Global rank: #48999

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Who is Author for children Ezra Jack Keats?
Famous for bringing him about the cross-cultural characters and themes in his children's books, as well as for his unique collage style of illustrations, he won the 1963 Caldecott Medal for picture books at Classic. his The Snowy Day. His other notable works include Whistle for Willie, Goggles! , Clementina of Cactus, and cheers for Man in the Moon.
His most famous character of children's literature, an African American boy named Peter, is featured in seven books.
 
 

Young / Before famous

During his high school years, he received a Scholastic painting competition honor and an art school award. Years later, after serving in World War II, he became an illustrator for The New York Times Book Review and Digest Reader.

Family life info

Born Jacob Ezra Katz in New York City, he grew up poor, the son of Polish-born Jewish immigrants.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Author for children Ezra Jack Keats?
Both New Yorkers, Mr. and Rosemary Wells rose to fame for their work. them as young writers and painters.

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When was Author for children Ezra Jack Keats born?
Ezra Jack Keats was born in 11-3-1916, death year is , at the age of 108.
Where is Author for children Ezra Jack Keats's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Ezra Jack Keats was born in New York, . is a Author for children, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dragon. Ezra Jack Keats's global rank is 48999 and whose rank is 146 in list of famous Author for children. Population of US in 1916 is about 101,961,000 persons.
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Events in 1916 and 11-3

Events in US in the birth year of Ezra Jack Keats

  • Congress authorizes a plan to expand the U.S. armed forces over the next five years (June).
  • Montana voters elect 36-year-old Republican Jeannette Rankin, the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress.
  • U.S. National Park Service in the Department of the Interior is created by act of Congress (Aug. 20).
  • Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic in the country at 46 Amboy St., Brooklyn.

Birthday Ezra Jack Keats (11-3) in history

  • Day 11-3 year 1861: The Confederate States of America adopted its constitution.
  • Day 11-3 year 1888: A torrential rainstorm hit the East Coast. The rain turned to snow the next day and it became the Blizzard of 1888, the most famous snowstorm in American history. It caused more than 400 deaths.
  • Day 11-3 year 1930: William Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to be buried in the National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
  • Day 11-3 year 1941: President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Bill.
  • Day 11-3 year 1942: General Douglas MacArthur leaves the Philippines saying, "I shall return."
  • Day 11-3 year 1985: Mikhail Gorbachev became head of the Soviet Union following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. At 54, he was the youngest member of the ruling Politburo.
  • Day 11-3 year 1990: Augusto Pinochet of Chile, dictator since 1973, steps down.
  • Day 11-3 year 1993: Janet Reno won unanimous Senate confirmation to be the first female U.S. Attorney General.
  • Day 11-3 year 2004: Over 200 people were killed and over 1,400 were injured when bombs exploded in Madrid train stations. Al-Qaeda took responsibility for the attacks.
  • Day 11-3 year 2011: Japan is hit by an enormous earthquake that triggers a deadly 23-foot tsunami in the country's north, about 230 miles northeast of Tokyo. Cooling systems in one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station fail shortly after the earthquake, causing a nuclear crisis.
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