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| | Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) (born March 2, 1904, Springfield, USA – died September 21, 1991) is an American writer & cartoonist.
Biography:
Theodor Geisel was born in the family of German brewer. His grandfather waited for many years to once again head the family business. However, the day he retired, America introduced dry rule. Without work, father of Theodor got an employment in local zoo park. Subsequently, he became its director & also director of national park.
Childhood of the writer was spent close to zoo and he used to spend entire days drawing the zoo’s inhabitants - various animals, transforming them beyond recognition. Mother of writer, whose maiden name was “Seuss” - selected by Theodor Geisel as pen name, supported her son in his works. She allowed young Тео to draw freakish animals on walls of attic & praised his drawings. School’s drawing teacher, honestly, did not share the views of writer’s mother. During one of the lessons, he predicted that Geisel would never learn to draw “normally”. Subsequently, Dr. Seuss completed American college & went onto study at Oxford.
In his diaries, Theodor Geisel describes stay at university as senseless pastime, averting students from culture. Theodor Geisel, as a true American, got sick of stiffness of Oxford, blind worshipping of senseless fetishes. Having studied hardly for more than a year, Geisel leaves Oxford & travels across Europe & starts working as a political cartoonist & advertisement artist on his return to America.
However, Theodor Geisel met his future wife, Helen, in Oxford. Helen was his coauthor & his trustworthy (loyal) friend.
Artist:
Many cartoon films were made according to the adaptation & motifs of creations of Dr. Seuss.
Cartoon film “The Cat in the Hat” was made with the participation of Dr.Seuss.
20th Century Fox made a cartoon film on the motifs of fairy tale of Dr. Seuss “Horton hears Who”, which was dubbed & released in Russia on March 13, 2008 under the name “Horton”.
Writer of children’s books:
Already becoming fashionable & highly paid author, Seuss authored his first book: “And to Think that I Saw It on Mulberry Street”. He offered it to 28 publishing houses & everywhere it was refused. Random House was the unique publishing house, which accepted to publish the book.
History of “And to Think that I Saw It on Mulberry Street”, drawings of which were made by author tasted big success & Dr.Seuss authored 40 more books. Musicals, radio performances & cartoon films were made based on the books of Dr.Seuss. A real big park exists in America, which was made according to the motifs of his drawings. Presently, Dr.Seuss - most saleable children's writer in English (for small children, “Harry Potter” - is other age group).
Best-selling book of Dr.Seuss – “Green Eggs & Ham”, but “The Cat in the Hat” is real icon of American culture. Dr.Seuss authored the book “the Cat in the Hat” using only 220 words, which were given to him by the publisher. It was assumed that these were the 220 words, which children of certain age should know.
Series of “The Cat in the Hat” books were published for small children, successfully displacing the books about “Dick and Jane”, which filled all the racks of shops in 1930-1950s. Dr.Seuss offered game to children instead of instructions, mad phantasmagoria instead of dry descriptions of accurate mode of life, surrealistic adventures instead of viscous & senseless narration. Besides, books of Dr.Seuss were ridiculous & bright. Having won over the hearts of American children in the middle of century, Dr.Seuss continues to be popular. His books are used to make children read & his book “Oh, The Places you’ll Go!” is gifted to almost each child during school-leaving party. |
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Theodor Seuss Geisel, known as Dr. Seuss, would have turned 105 this Monday. Dr. Seuss is famous by his Children's books (he wrote about 60 of them) that have been enjoyed by beginner readers and families for several generations. Seuss also drew over 400 political cartoons for a New York daily newspaper. He also joined US army during World War II where he was the leader of the animation department.
Many FNers are big fans of Dr. Seuss books. Here's a short poem written by thekillerbee, who suggested this contest:
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I love the colors as usual and a marvolous Seuss like creature. Love it!
