When Elwyn Brooks White returned to New York City in the mid1920s,he spent a few years bouncing between advertising jobs and unemployment before trying his hand again at writing.Not very seriously,he sent some essays to a new magazine called The New Yorker.Since its founding in 1925,the magazine had struggled to find its_niche,and Elwyn Brooks White's work helped put The New Yorker on the map.His essays were funny and sophisticated;they spoke equally to socialites(社会名流) and cab drivers,professors and repairmen.Through his essays,which he wrote for nearly 50 years,Elwyn Brooks White helped give The New Yorker its voice and identity.
In 1945,already a leading literary figure,Elwyn Brooks White switched to his second occupation on writing children's books.He moved from New York to a farm in Maine,where he raised chickens and geese.Seeking a way to amuse his nieces and nephews,Elwyn Brooks White started to write stories for them.“Children were always after me to tell them a story and I found I couldn't do it,”
he said.“So I had to get it down on paper.”
By the time he died from Alzheimer's disease in 1985,Elwyn Brooks White's essays had appeared in more literary collections in colleges than those of any other writer.Many said his essays matched his personality: sophisticated without being simple,critical without being mean.
【语篇导读】 本文介绍了Elwyn Brooks White的生平。
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