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Anne Bower Ingram
Born
Anne Whitten Bower

(1937-10-18)18 October 1937
Died26 March 2010(2010-03-26) (aged 72)
NationalityAustralian
OccupationPublisher
Known forChildren's literature

Anne Bower Ingram OAM (1937–2010) was an Australian children's author and publisher.[1][2]

Life

Ingram was born in Manilla, New South Wales on 18 October 1937.[3] She left school at 15 to work in a bookshop.[2] At age 21 Ingram travelled to Britain, and joined the publisher William Collins.[2]

Anne married Clark Ingram in 1964, but they divorced in 1977.[2] Over her career, she launched and supported the careers of countless writers and illustrators and championed Australian children's literature in Australia and overseas. [4]

For the 1988 bicentenary, Ingram organized for an exhibition of Australian children's book illustrations in Bologna and other European destinations.[2]

Ingram died on 26 March 2010 aged 72.[3]

Awards

Works

  • Shudders and Shakes: Ghostly tales from Australia, Collins, 1972 OCLC 696282
  • Too True: Australian tall tales, Collins, 1974 OCLC 2817442
  • The Pickled Boeing : An illustrated collection of stories and poems, as editor, Children's Medical Research Foundation, 1982 ISBN 0959363807
  • Mouse's Marriage, co-author and illustrator Junko Morimoto, Lothian Books, 1985 ISBN 0850912199
  • Ford Family Car Fun Book, co-compiler Peggy O'Donnell, illustrated by Bob Graham, Ellsyd Press, 1986 ISBN 0949290270
  • The Twin Stars, adapted from story by Kenji Miyazawa, illustrated by Junko Morimoto, Lothian Books, 1986 ISBN 0850912350
  • Camping : Let's do it together, co-author Peggy O'Donnell, illustrated by Bob Graham, Ellsyd Press, 1987 ISBN 094929036X
  • Making a Picture Book, Methuen Australia, 1987 ISBN 0454009771
  • The Moose, the Goose and the Watermelon Juice, by Sue Jackman, illustrated by Clare Watson, Collins, 1989 ISBN 0732248957

References

  1. ^ a b It's an Honour
  2. ^ a b c d e Macleod, Mark (14 May 2010). "Publisher backed indigenous storytelling". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Anne Bower Ingram". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  4. ^ Savvidis, Maria (Summer 2019). "Stories in the Sun". SL Magazine. 12 (4): 13.
  5. ^ "Previous recipients: Dromkeen Medal". State Library Victoria.