Joanne Greenberg
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Joanne Greenberg is an American
author
best known for the bestselling novel, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden written under the pen name
of Hannah Green. It was adapted into a 1977 movie and a 2004 play of the same name.
She received the Harry and Ethel Daroff Memorial Fiction Award as well as the Jewish Book Council of America award in 1963 for her novel The King's Persons, which was about the massacre of the Jewish population of York
at York Castle
in 1190. She is a professor of creative writing at the Colorado School of Mines
.
Prof. Greenberg appears in the 2004 Daniel Mackler documentary Take These Broken Wings, which is about recovering from schizophrenia without medication.
United States
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Author
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best known for the bestselling novel, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden written under the pen name
Pen name
A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
of Hannah Green. It was adapted into a 1977 movie and a 2004 play of the same name.
She received the Harry and Ethel Daroff Memorial Fiction Award as well as the Jewish Book Council of America award in 1963 for her novel The King's Persons, which was about the massacre of the Jewish population of York
York
York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
at York Castle
York Castle
York Castle in the city of York, England, is a fortified complex comprising, over the last nine centuries, a sequence of castles, prisons, law courts and other buildings on the south side of the River Foss. The now-ruinous keep of the medieval Norman castle is sometimes referred to as Clifford's...
in 1190. She is a professor of creative writing at the Colorado School of Mines
Colorado School of Mines
The Colorado School of Mines is a small public teaching and research university devoted to engineering and applied science, with special expertise in the development and stewardship of the Earth's natural resources. Located in Golden, Colorado, CSM was ranked 29th, in America among national...
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Prof. Greenberg appears in the 2004 Daniel Mackler documentary Take These Broken Wings, which is about recovering from schizophrenia without medication.
External links
- Official Website
- Profile at National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy
- http://www.mines.edu/Fac_staff/senate/dist_lecture/greenberg_bio.shtml
- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4271351
- http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/joanne-greenberg/
- http://www.jdcc.org/index.php/site/news/629/
- I Never Promised You a Rose Garden reading group guide