Rudolph, Marguerita

Marguerita Rudolph was born March 14, 1908 in Chernigov, Russia and lived in a Ukrainian village until she was nine years old. Those first formative years in the face of no modern day technology or conveniences instilled into Rudolph an appreciation for ethnic traditions in crafts and art. After witnessing the Russian Revolution, a civil war, death and dispersion, Rudolph immigrated to the United States, not knowing a word of English. She graduated from the University of Kansas in 1929 and went on to do a year of graduate studies at the University of Minnesota. Implementing those early skills of artistic expression, Rudolph's first book Mash, the Little Goose Girl, was published in 1939. She has written numerous juvenile and adult books, along with Russian-English translations of various titles. Focusing mainly on children anthologies and adult non-fiction, Rudolph's works are found all throughout the world. Should the Children Know? has been published in five different languages. Biographical source: Something About the Author. Volume 21, 1980.

From the description of Marguerita Rudolph Collection 1967. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 432980239

Marguerita Rudolph was born March 14, 1908 in Chernigov, Russia and lived in a Ukrainian village until she was nine years old. Those first formative years in the face of no modern day technology or conveniences instilled into Rudolph an appreciation for ethnic traditions in crafts and art. After witnessing the Russian Revolution, a civil war, death and dispersion, Rudolph immigrated to the United States, not knowing a word of English. She graduated from the University of Kansas in 1929 and went on to do a year of graduate studies at the University of Minnesota. Implementing those early skills of artistic expression, Rudolph's first book Mash, the Little Goose Girl, was published in 1939. She has written numerous juvenile and adult books, along with Russian-English translations of various titles. Focusing mainly on children anthologies and adult non-fiction, Rudolph's works are found all throughout the world. Should the Children Know? has been published in five different languages.

Biographical source: Something About the Author . Volume 21, 1980

From the guide to the Marguerita Rudolph Collection, 1967, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])