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Virginia Sorensen, née Eggertsen, also credited as Virginia Sorenson (February 17, 1912, in Provo, Utah – December 24, 1991), was the author of the 1957 John Newbery Medal winning ''Miracles on Maple Hill'', based in the Erie, Pennsylvania region where she lived at the time.〔(Erie Hall of Fame ), accessed April 26, 2012〕 She grew up in Manti and American Fork, Utah.〔(Utah History Encyclopedia )〕 Her first novel, ''A Little Lower Than the Angels'', was written and published in 1942 while she resided in Terre Haute, Indiana, with her first husband Frederick C. Sorensen, a professor at Indiana State Teachers College, now Indiana State University. With its publication, Alfred Knopf declared, "I have seldom introduced a new novelist with the confidence I feel in the author of this remarkable book. It marks the debut, I believe, of a major American writer."〔(In Memoriam ), ''Sunstone Magazine'', accessed April 26, 2012〕 She is considered "one of Utah's premiere gifts to literary America."〔 Her first book for children, ''Curious Missy'', grew out of her efforts with a bookmobile in Alabama.〔 She later divorced Sorensen and married Alec Waugh, son of Arthur Waugh and brother of Evelyn Waugh, in 1969. Her books are usually Mormon-themed. She received two Guggenheim fellowships, one in 1946 to study tribe of Mexican Indians, and one in 1954 to study in Denmark as regards the history of Sanpete Valley's settlers.〔 ==Published works== ;For adults *''A Little Lower than the Angels'' – 1942, Knopf *''On the Star'' – 1946, Reynal & Hitchcock *''The Neighbors'' – 1947, Reynal & Hitchcock *''The Evening and The Morning'' – 1949, Harcourt, Brace and Co. *''The Proper Gods'' – 1952, Harcourt, Brace & Co. *''Many Heavens'' – 1954, Harcourt & Brace *''Kingdom Come'' – 1960, Harcourt & Brace *''Where Nothing is Long Ago'' – 1963, Harcourt & Brace *''The Man with the Key'' – 1974, Harcourt Brace & Co. Jovanovich ;For children *''Curious Missie'' – 1953, Harcourt Brace *''The House Next Door: Utah 1896''; 1954, Scribners *''Plain Girl'' – 1955, Harcourt Brace, won the Child Study Award *''Miracles on Maple Hill'' – 1957, Harcourt Brace, won the Child Study Award and the 1957 John Newbery Medal *''Lotte's Locket'' – 1964, Harcourt Brace *''Around the Corner'' – 1973, Harcourt Brace *''Friends of the Road Atheneum'' – 1978 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「Virginia Sorensen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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