“I hope to be remembered for writing books
about social justice that also have enough aesthetic value to endure as works
of literature.” – Jonathan Kozol
Born on this date in 1936, Kozol is
an American writer, educator, and activistism, best known for his books on
public education in the United States.
Death at an Early Age, his first non-fiction book, is a description
of his first year as a teacher in the Boston Public Schools. It was published
in 1967 and won the National Book Award in Science, Philosophy and Religion. It has sold more than two million copies in
the United States and Europe.
His book Rachel and Her Children: Homeless
Families in America received the Robert F. Kennedy Book award and the
Conscience-in-Media Award of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. And those were just two of his many books
and essays.
“I
don't know if anything I write will endure, but I do try to write it as a
narrative that will not only challenge but also entice the reader into the
lives of children,” he said in the 1980s.
Not only was he successful in that hope, but his writing continues to
touch the conscience of all Americans yet today.
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