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Sorensen, Virginia, 1912-1991

Virginia Sorensen was born Virginia Eggertsen in Provo, Utah, on 17 February 1912. She graduated from Brigham Young University in 1934, and she also studied at the University of Missouri School of Journalism and at Stanford University. She married Frederick Chester Sorensen, but the marriage ended in divorce. She later married the English writer Alec Waugh and lived with him in Morocco from 1967 to 1980, when she returned to the United States. Sorensen is best know for her works of historical fiction that centered on individuals in small-town Mormon society, including her most recognizable work, A little lower than the angels (1942). She was also renowned as a children's author. Sorensen was twice awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to support her literary research, and received other literary awards. Virginia Sorensen died on 24 December 1991.

From the description of Little books, 1962-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367429866

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Sorensen, Virginia Eggertsen, 1912-

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Virginia Eggertsen Sorensen was born in 1912 in Provo, Utah. She became a student journalist during high school and graduated from Brigham Young University in 1934. She married Frederick Sorensen and began a family. Her first book, influenced by her Mormon background, was published in 1942. She began writing books for children, and was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1957 for her book Miracles on Maple Hill . She died in 1991. From the guide to the I knew a woman [manuscript], 195?, (Un...

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Sorensen, Virginia Eggertsen

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Virginia Eggertsen Sorensen was born February 17, 1912, in Provo, Utah, the descendent of Danish and Mormon immigrants to Utah. She attended Brigham Young University, graduating with as B.S. in 1934, and later did graduate work at Stanford University. She began writing in the 1940s, publishing her first adult novel in 1942. The book, like several other of her works, drew upon her Mormon background. In the 1950s she began to write children's and young adult books. She won widespread praise for he...

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