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Sid Fleischman

American (1920–2010)

PersonDied aged 90humanQ1344495

Also known as Albert Sidney Fleischman

Born: March 16, 1920
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-05-06
2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
5.Stated in NooSFereRetrieved 2017-10-09
6.Stated in filmportal.deRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: March 17, 2010
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1.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/books/25fleischman.html
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-05-06
3.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
5.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
6.Stated in NooSFereRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Brooklyn
, New York City
Place of death: Santa Monica
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-01-01
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Citizenship: United States
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1.Stated in LIBRISRetrieved 2018-08-24
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Occupation: writer
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, novelist
, children's writer
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Education: San Diego State University
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Albert Sidney Fleischman was an American author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about stage magic. His works for children are known for their humor, imagery, zesty plotting, and exploration of the byways of American history. He won the Newbery Medal in 1987 for The Whipping Boy and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in 1979 for Humbug Mountain. For his career contribution as a children's writer he was U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1994. In 2003, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators inaugurated the Sid Fleischman Humor Award in his honor, and made him the first recipient. The Award annually recognizes a writer of humorous fiction for children or young adults. He told his own tale in The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life (1996).

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Child: Paul Fleischman
Website: sidfleischman.com language: English
Given name: Sid
Awards: Q131308511(2000)
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1.liguedesfamilles.be/storage/28657/brochure-laureats-2023.pdfRetrieved 2024-11-23
2.cnlj.bnf.fr/fr/page-prix-litteraire/bernard-verseleRetrieved 2024-11-23
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Birth name: Albert Sidney Fleischman
Genre: science fiction
Cause of death: cancer
Family name: Fleishman
Fleischman
Manner of death: natural causes
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-06-23
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Start of work period: 1939
Native language: English
Writing language: English
Name in native language: Sid Fleischman

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