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Ursula Dubosarsky (born Ursula Coleman, Sydney, 1961) is an Australian writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults, whose work is characterised by a child's vision and voice of both clarity and ambiguity.〔"The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature" (2006) edited by Jack Zipes〕 She has won nine national literary prizes, including five New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, more than any other writer in the Awards' 30-year history.〔"NSW Premier Nathan Rees announces 2009 NSW Literary Award Winners" News Release Premier of New South Wales, Australia, 18 May 2009 http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/documents/_NSW_Prem_Lit_Winners_Announcement.pdf〕 She is the author of illustrated books and novels, and also three works of non-fiction about the English language, grammar and etymology for children, featuring a character known as "The Word Spy".〔http://www.penguin.com.au/products/9780670072279/word-spy Retrieved 30 July 2012〕 These "Word Spy" books, illustrated by Tohby Riddle, have won the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award, the Children's Book Council of Australia Junior Judges' Award and Book of the Year Award.〔http://cbca.org.au/awardshistory.htm Retrieved 30 July 2012〕 In the United States and Canada "The Word Spy" is published under the title "The Word Snoop."〔http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780803734067,00.html Retrieved 30 July 2012〕 Her novel "The Red Shoe" is included in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up and is one of 200 significant works of Australian literature in the Copyright Agency's Reading Australia program.〔http://readingaustralia.com.au/books/362/〕 Three of her books have been adapted for theatre - "The Red Shoe",〔http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nswHnHeMExw〕 "The Terrible Plop"〔http://www.newvictory.org/show.m?showID=1034027 retrieved 2 July 2012〕 and "Too Many Elephants In This House".〔http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/ursula-dubosarsky-elephants-roam-from-page-to-stage-20140510-382bb.html〕 In 2014, the annual Christmas Windows of the department store David Jones were based on her story "Reindeer's Christmas Surprise."〔http://shop.davidjones.com.au/djs/en/davidjones/reindeers-christmas-surprise〕〔http://mumbrella.com.au/david-jones-moves-retail-emotion-new-things-love-christmas-campaign-260713〕 She is the third child of Peter Coleman and Verna Susannah Coleman. Her name was suggested by the character of Ursula Brangwen in the 1915 novel The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence. She attended SCEGGS Darlinghurst and Sydney University and later Macquarie University. She is a Honorary Associate in the Department of English at Macquarie University〔http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/department_of_english/staff/〕 and has taught courses in children's literature at Sydney University and the University of Technology, Sydney.〔http://sydney.edu.au/arts/english/postgrad/programs_creative_writing.shtml〕 ==Awards== International Hans Christian Andersen Award Nominee 2015〔http://www.ibby.org/1492.0.html?&L=2%2F〕 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Nominee 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016〔http://www.alma.se/en/Nominations/Candidates/2015/〕 Luchs (Lynx ) Award for Children's Literature July 2012 for ''The Golden Day'' (in German Nicht Jetz, niemals)〔http://www.radiobremen.de/unternehmen/presse/radio/luchs514.html Luchs Award Radio Bremen〕 International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY〔http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/DetailPage.aspx?type=item&id=28636〕) Honour Book List 2014 for ''The Golden Day'' YALSA (Division of the American Library Association) Excellence in Non-fiction for Young Adults Nominee 2010 for '' Word Snoop''〔http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/nonfiction/2010nominations〕 White Ravens International Catalogue 2007 for ''The Red Shoe''〔http://www.childrenslibrary.org/servlet/WhiteRavens?searchText=dubosarsky White Ravens〕 and 1996 for ''The First Book of Samuel''〔http://www.childrenslibrary.org/servlet/WhiteRavens?searchText=dubosarsky White Ravens〕 Australian * 2013 – Inducted into Speech Pathology Australia's Hall of Fame for her contribution to children's literature〔http://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/spa-news-a-events/book-of-the-year-awards〕 * 2011 – Children's Book of the Year Award for ''The Return of the Word Spy'' with illustrator Tohby Riddle〔Children's Book Council of Australia http://cbca.org.au/winners2011.htm#ep〕 * 2009 – New South Wales Premier's Literary Award, Patricia Wrightson Prize for Young People's Literature for ''The Word Spy'' with illustrator Tohby Riddle〔http://www.literaryawards.com.au/nswpremiers.html〕 * 2009 – Junior Judges Project, Children's Book Council of Australia, Winner for ''The Word Spy'' with illustrator Tohby Riddle * 2009 – KOALA Kids Own Australian Literature Award, Picture Book Winner for ''Rex'' with illustrator David Mackintosh〔http://www.koalansw.org.au/winners/〕 * 2007 – New South Wales Premier's Literary Award, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature for ''The Red Shoe''〔http://www.smh.com.au/news/books/2007-nsw-premiers-literary-awards/2007/05/29/1180205249745.html〕 * 2006 – Queensland Premier's Literary Award, Young Adult Book Award for ''The Red Shoe''〔http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=511&book=9781741142853〕 * 2006 – New South Wales Premier's Literary Award, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature for ''Theodora's Gift''〔http://www.smh.com.au/news/books/nsw-premiers-literary-awards-2006-winners/2006/05/23/1148150258652.html〕 * 2006 – Victorian Premier's Literary Award, Prize for Young Adult Literature for ''Theodora's Gift''〔http://www.puffin.com.au/contributors/ursula-dubosarsky〕 * 2001 – Adelaide Festival Literary Award, Award for Children's Literature for ''Abyssinia''〔http://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/2012/ursula_dubosarsky?people=2012-ursula-dubosarsky〕 * 1995 – New South Wales Premier's Literary Award, Ethnic Affairs Commission Award for ''The First Book of Samuel''〔http://shirewritersfestival.weebly.com/presenters.html〕 * 1994 – New South Wales Premier's Literary Award, Ethel Turner Prize for Children's literature for ''The White Guinea Pig''〔http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/data/teaching_notes/10487.pdf〕 * 1994 – Victorian Premier's Literary Award, Alan Garner Prize for Children's Literature for ''The White Guinea Pig''〔http://www.canberra.edu.au/lurees/searching/author-index/attachments/other_files/DubosarskyUR.html〕 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「Ursula Dubosarsky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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