Elsa Bornemann : [interview].
Esteban Peicovich interviews professor and children's author Elsa Bornemann. Bornemann was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She studied English, German, and Italian and has training in Latin, Greek and the Classical. She has taught at all levels and participated in conferences and seminars in B...
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| Format: | CD Audio Book |
| Language: | Spanish |
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[2007]
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| Series: | Colección Los Palabristas ;
618. |
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| Summary: | Esteban Peicovich interviews professor and children's author Elsa Bornemann. Bornemann was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She studied English, German, and Italian and has training in Latin, Greek and the Classical. She has taught at all levels and participated in conferences and seminars in Buenos Aires and abroad. Bornemann's work has been translated and published in Israel, Japan, and the United States. Bornemann explains how children's literature has become devalued through some of its own authors. She accredits children's books for leading her to where she is and tells of her parents influence on her literary life. She and Peicovich exchange experiences they shared with a German author, she explains her current living accomodations, and tells of her parentage. Bornemann explains what she is like as an adult and how it comes through in her writing. She tells how she feels children are all about in their needs and how they differ from adults. She also explains how children differ in their current technological generation and tells what an adult's role in a child's life is like today. Bornemann explains her personal inclination for poetry and shares when and how she decided she was going to write for kids. |
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| Item Description: | Recordable compact disc. Converted with permission from sound cassette to compact disc by the Texas A&M University Libraries. Sound recording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 sound disc (57 min., 14 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time: | 00:57:14 |