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Helen Marion Palmer Geisel (September 23, 1898 – October 23, 1967) was an American children's author, editor, and philanthropist. She was married to fellow author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, from 1927 until her death. Her best-known books include ''Do You Know What I'm Going to Do Next Saturday?'', ''I Was Kissed by a Seal at the Zoo'', ''Why I Built the Boogle House'', and ''A Fish Out of Water''. ==Life== Helen Marion Palmer was born in New York in 1898 and spent her childhood in Bedford–Stuyvesant, a prosperous Brooklyn neighborhood. As a child, she contracted polio but recovered from it almost completely. Her father George Howard Palmer was an ophthalmologist, and he died when she was 11. She graduated from Wellesley College with honors in 1920.〔Morgan (1995), p. 57〕 She met Ted Geisel, who was five years younger than Helen, at Oxford University.〔〔 She had a profound influence on his life, starting with her suggestion that he should be an artist rather than an English professor.〔 She later stated, "Ted's notebooks were always filled with these fabulous animals. So I set to work diverting him; here was a man who could draw such pictures; he should be earning a living doing that." They married in 1927 and never had children, as Helen was unable to. Following World War II, Ted worked in Hollywood expanding his propaganda films into films for general release. RKO commissioned him to adapt his film ''Your Job in Japan''; he brought Helen on as a collaborator and the two shared a writing credit.〔Morgan (1995), p. 120-121〕 The finished project ''Design for Death'' won the 1947 Academy Award for best documentary feature.〔 For about a decade following World War II, Ted Geisel worked to feed a booming children's book market, creating a bevy of books. During this period, he relied heavily on the encouragement and editorial input of Helen. In fact, throughout much of his career, he relied on Helen's support. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Helen Palmer Geisel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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