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Robert Edmund Cormier (January 17, 1925 – November 2, 2000) was an American author, columnist and reporter, known for his deeply pessimistic, downbeat literature. His most popular works include ''I Am the Cheese'', ''After the First Death'', ''We All Fall Down'' and ''The Chocolate War'', all of which have won awards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Biography for Robert Cormier )〕 ''The Chocolate War'' was challenged in multiple libraries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000 ) 〕 His books often are concerned with themes such as abuse, mental illness, violence, revenge, betrayal and conspiracy. In most of his novels, the protagonists do not win.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Robert Cormier )〕 ==Life == Robert Cormier was born to Lucien Joseph and Irma M. Cormier, in Leominster, Massachusetts,〔 in the French-Canadian section of the town called French Hill. He was the second of eight children. His family moved frequently to afford rent, but never left his hometown. Even when he was much older and owned a summer home, it was still 19 miles away from Leominster.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Robert Cormier, London, July 2000 )〕 Cormier attended a private Catholic school, St. Cecilia's Parochial School. He began writing when he was in the first grade. He was praised at school for his poetry. He first realized his aspiration to become a writer in 7th grade, when he was encouraged by a nun to write a poem. He attended Leominster High School, graduating as the president of his class. As a freshman at Fitchburg State College, he had his first short story published when a college professor, Florence Conlon, without his knowledge sent one of his stories to a national Catholic magazine, ''The Sign'', for $75. Cormier began his professional writing career scripting radio commercials and went on to become an award-winning journalist. Even though he became widely known, he never stopped writing for his local newspaper, the ''Fitchburg Sentinel''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Barnes & Noble.com )〕 Cormier died in 2000 due to lung cancer. Cormier became a full-time writer after the success of his first adult novel for teenagers, ''Now and at the Hour'' (1960);〔http://users.wpi.edu/~cityofwords/cormier.html〕 others followed, such as ''The Chocolate War'' and ''After the First Death''. He was concerned with the problems facing young people in modern society, which was reflected in his novels.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Robert Cormier )〕 He soon established a reputation as a brilliant and uncompromising writer. His awards include the Margaret A. Edwards Award of the Young Adult Services Division of the American Library Association. That lifetime award recognizes a particular body of work that provides young adults with a window through which they can view the world, and which will help them to grow and understand themselves and their role in society.〔 Cormier won the annual award in 1991 citing ''The Chocolate War''; ''I Am the Cheese''; and ''After the First Death''.〔 In a few of his books, Cormier's hometown of Leominster became the fictional town of Monument, and its village of French Hill became Frenchtown. The nearby city of Fitchburg became Wickburg.〔 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「Robert Cormier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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