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Norton Juster (born June 2, 1929) is an American academic, architect, and popular writer. He is best known as an author of children's books, notably for ''The Phantom Tollbooth'' and ''The Dot and the Line''. == Biography == Juster was born in Brooklyn, New York. His father, Samuel Juster, was a Romanian born Jew, and became an architect through a correspondence course. His mother, Minnie Silberman, came from a Polish Jewish background.〔Juster, Norton. ''Annotated Phantom Tollbooth'' p. x〕 His brother, Howard, became an architect as well. He studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/norton-juster )〕 In 1954, Juster enlisted in the Civil Engineer Corps of the United States Navy, and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade. During one tour, to combat boredom, he began to write and illustrate a story for children, but the commanding officer later reprimanded him for it.〔Annotated Phantom Tollbooth p. xvii〕 Still, Juster also finished an unpublished satirical fairy tale called "The Passing of Irving".〔Annotated Phantom Tollbooth p. xviii〕 Later posted in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, again to combat boredom, he made up a non-existent military publication called the ''Naval News Service'' as a scheme to request interviews with attractive women. It worked so well that a neighbor asked to come along as his assistant. His next scheme was to make the "Garibaldi Society" (inspired by a statue in Washington Square Park), whose ''raison d'être'' was to reject anyone who applied for membership, designing an impressive logo, application, and rejection letter. It was at this time he met Jules Feiffer while taking out the trash.〔Annotated Phantom Tollbooth, xviii〕 About 6 months after meeting Feiffer, Juster received his discharge from the Navy, and worked for a Manhattan architectural firm, with some part-time teaching, and other jobs. Juster, Feiffer, and another friend rented an apartment on State Street. Juster also resorted to pulling pranks occasionally on Feiffer.〔xxiii.〕 Juster's celebrated children's novel, ''The Phantom Tollbooth,'' was published in 1961, with Feiffer doing the drawings. Although he enjoyed writing, his architectural career remained his primary emphasis. He served as a professor of architecture and environmental design at Hampshire College from its first trimester in 1970 until his retirement in 1992. Juster co-founded a small architectural firm, Juster Pope Associates, in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, in 1970. The firm was renamed Juster Pope Frazier after Jack Frazier joined the firm in 1978. Juster currently lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with his wife, Jeanne. Although he has retired from architecture, he still writes. His book ''The Hello, Goodbye Window'', published May 15, 2005, won the Caldecott Medal for Chris Raschka's illustration in 2006. The sequel, ''Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie'', was published in 2008. His most famous publication continues to be ''The Phantom Tollbooth''. 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「Norton Juster」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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