Scott O'Dell
Scott O'Dell (* May 23, 1898 in Los Angeles, † 16 October 1989 ) was an American writer.
Work
O'Dell wrote many novels for young people, which often deal with the North American Indians, and a history of California.
Island of the Blue Dolphins was his first book for teens, and in 1963 awarded the German Youth Literature Award and the Newbery Medal. The book The Black Pearl was even filmed. Other books are: Go home, Navaho girl and the abandoned boat at the beach. Scott O'Dell won the 1972 Hans Christian Andersen Award for his oeuvre.
Novels
- The Black Pearl, OT: The Black Pearl, Translator Roswitha Plancherel, dtv junior, Munich 1971, ISBN 3-423-07029-3
- Before the judge of the King, OT: The King's Fifth, Translator Maja Mampell, Benziger, Cologne 1971, ISBN 3-545-35101-7
- Island of the Blue Dolphins, OT: Iceland of the Blue Dolphins, Translator Roswitha Plancherel, Benziger, Cologne 1971, ISBN 3-545-35057-6
- Go home, Navaho girl OT: Sing Down the Moon, Translator Roswitha Plancherel, illustrated by Erhard Schreier, Walter Verlag, Freiburg, 1973, ISBN 3-530-62124-2 as singing, when the moon goes down, New Life, Berlin 1973
- Also as an adventure on the Missouri Ueberreuter, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-8000-2520-5
- Also as an adventure in ice and snow, Franz Schneider, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-505-10005-6
Not translated books
- Woman of Spain, 1934
- Hill of the Hawk, 1947
- Country of the Sun: Southern California, Informal Guide to 1957
- The Sea is Red, 1958
- Journey to Jericho, 1964
- The Treasure of Topo -El - Bampo, 1972
- The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day, 1975
- The 290, 1976
- Carlota, 1977
- Kathleen, Please Come Home in 1978
- The Captive, Part 1 of the Seven Serpents Trilogy, 1979
- Daughter of Don Saturnino, 1979
- Sarah Bishop, 1980
- The Feathered Serpent, Part 2 of the Seven Serpents Trilogy, 1981
- The Spanish Smile, 1982
- The Castle in the Sea, 1983
- The Amethyst Ring, 3rd part of the Seven Serpents Trilogy, 1983
- Venus Among the Fishes, with Elizabeth Hall, 1995