Sy Montgomery
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| Biografía | |
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| Nacemento | 7 de febreiro de 1958 (66 anos) Frankfurt, Alemaña |
| Educación | Universidade de Syracuse Westfield High School |
| Actividade | |
| Campo de traballo | Ciencias naturais |
| Lugar de traballo | Nova Hampshire |
| Ocupación | autora, escritora, exploradora, escritora de literatura infantil, xornalista, naturalista |
| Familia | |
| Cónxuxe | Howard Mansfield |
| Premios | |
Sy Montgomery, nada o 7 de febreiro de 1958 en Frankfurt, Alemaña, é unha naturalista, autora e guionista estadounidense que escribe para nenos e adultos.
Traxectoria
[editar | editar a fonte]Montgomery naceu o 7 de febreiro de 1958 en Frankfurt, Alemaña.[1][2] De nena viviu en Frankfurt, Alemaña; Brooklyn, Nova York; Alexandria, Virxinia; e Westfield, Nova Jersey. Graduouse en 1975 no Westfield High School e en 1979 na Universidade de Syracuse, cunha tripla especialidade con dobre título en xornalismo de revistas pola S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications e en lingua e literatura francesas e en psicoloxía da Facultade de Artes e Ciencias. Recibiu tres títulos de doutora honoris causa: un doutoramento honoris causa en letras humanas polo Keene State College en 2004 e un doutoramento honoris causa en letras humanas pola Universidade Franklin Pierce e pola Universidade do Sur de Nova Hampshire en 2011.[3]
Vida persoal
[editar | editar a fonte]Vive en Hancock, Nova Hampshire co seu marido, o escritor Howard Mansfield.[4]
Obras selectas
[editar | editar a fonte]Para adultos
[editar | editar a fonte]- 1991, The Curious Naturalist: Nature's Everyday Mysteries
- 1995, Seasons of the Wild
- 1995, Spell of the Tiger: The Man-eaters of the Sunderbans
- 2000, Journey of the Pink Dolphins: An Amazon quest
- 2000, Walking with the Great Apes
- 2002, Search for the Golden Moon Bear: Science and Adventure in Pursuit of a New Species
- 2007, The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood
- 2010, Birdology
- 2012, The Wild out of Your Window
- 2015, The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
- 2018, How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals, illustrated by Rebecca Green (A New York Times bestseller)[5][6]
- 2021, The Hummingbirds' Gift: Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings
- 2022, The Hawk's Way: Encounters with Fierce Beauty
Para nenos
[editar | editar a fonte]- 1999, The Snake Scientist
- 2001, The Man-Eating Tigers of Sundarbans
- 2002, Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon
- 2004, The Tarantula Scientist
- 2006, Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea
- 2009, Saving the Ghost of the Mountain: An Expedition among Snow Leopards in Mongolia
- 2010, Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot
- 2012, Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World
- 2013, Snowball the Dancing Cockatoo
- 2013, The Tapir Scientist: Saving South America's Largest Mammal
- 2014, Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa's Fastest Cat
- 2015, The Octopus Scientists: Exploring the Mind of a Mollusk
- 2016, The Great White Shark Scientist
- 2017, Amazon Adventure
- 2018, The Hyena Scientist
- 2018, Inky's Amazing Escape: How a Very Smart Octopus Found His Way Home
- 2019, The Magnificent Migration: On Safari With Africa's last Great herds
- 2020, Becoming A Good Creature
- 2020, Condor Comeback
- 2022, The Seagull And The Sea Captain
Notas
[editar | editar a fonte]- ↑ "Sy Montgomery". 18 de xaneiro de 2022.
- ↑ Sy Montgomery. "Autobiographical Account" (PDF). symontgomery.com. Consultado o 9 de abril de 2021.
- ↑ "New Hampshire Chess Association".
- ↑ "Sy Montgomery".
- ↑ How to Be a Good Creature (en inglés). Kirkus Reviews.
- ↑ "How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery1". Publishers Weekly. Consultado o 2023-05-03.
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