Judith Viorst | |
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 Viorst in 2014 | |
| Born | Judith Stahl February 2, 1931 Newark, New Jersey |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University |
| Notable works | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day The Tenth Good Thing About Barney |
| Notable awards | 2011 Foremother Award |
| Spouse | Milton Viorst |
| Children | 3 |
Judith Viorst (/viˈɔːrst/;[1] née Stahl,[2] February 2, 1931) is an American writer, newspaper journalist, and psychoanalysis researcher.[3] She is known for her humorous observational poetry and for her children's literature. This includes The Tenth Good Thing About Barney (about the death of a pet) and the Alexander series of short picture books, which includes Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (1972), which has sold over two million copies.[4]
Viorst is a 1952 graduate of the Newark College of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey. In 1968, she signed the "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.[5] In the latter part of the 1970s, after two decades of writing for children and adults, Viorst turned to the study of Freudian psychology. In 1981, she became a research graduate at Washington Psychoanalytic Institute after six years of study.
- ^ Viorst, Judith. "Audio Name Pronunciation". Retrieved September 17, 2022.
- ^ Aarons, Leroy. "Judith Viorst Wrote 'Sometimes I Hate My Husband,' but to Author Hubby Milton, That's Poetic License", People (magazine), February 18, 1980 Vol. 13 No. 7. Accessed August 4, 2016. "Born in Maplewood, N.J., the daughter of an accountant and a mother 'who was a reader and a bridge player,' Judith Stahl started writing poetry at age 7."
- ^ "Judith Viorst". WorldCat.org. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
- ^ "The Author, Judith Viorst". The Kennedy Center.
- ^ "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" January 30, 1968 New York Post