“Through my writing, I have made new
friends and continued to learn about this world of ours in all its wonder, with
all its challenges.”
– Sonia Levitin
Sonia
Levitin is a German American novelist, artist, producer, Holocaust survivor,
and author of over forty novels and picture books for young adults and
children, as well as several theatrical plays and published essays on various
topics for adults.
A
great role model for the young adult audience she strives to reach, her
semi-autobiographical characters have a somewhat common theme of courageous
main characters who are faced with difficult challenges and who must "take
charge" in order to overcome obstacles.
This
terrific writer is marking her 81st birthday today and showing us a
new side of her creativity – as a painter.
Her expressionist paintings are being displayed to great critical
acclaim in a new Los Angeles show. But,
of course, it’s her writing that continues to shine – something she determined
to do as she recovered at the end of World War II.
“When I was only eleven years old, I
decided to become a writer,” she said.
“I told this ambition in a letter to Laura Ingalls Wilder, (and) the die
was cast. How could I go back on my word?”
Thankfully, she never did.
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