Λόρα Ίνγκαλς Ουάιλντερ

Η Λόρα Ελίζαμπεθ Ίνγκαλς Ουάιλντερ (Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder, 7 Φεβρουαρίου 1867 – 10 Φεβρουαρίου 1957) ήταν Αμερικανίδα συγγραφέας γνωστή για την σειρά παιδικών βιβλίων Little House on the Prairie, που δημοσιεύτηκαν μεταξύ 1932 και 1943, τα οποία βασίστηκαν στην παιδική ηλικία της ίδιας, κατά τις δεκαετίες του 1870 και του 1880, μέσα σε μια πρωτοπόρα οικογένεια.

Μεταξύ του 1974 και του 1983, η τηλεοπτική σειρά Το μικρό σπίτι στο λιβάδι βασίστηκε ελαφρώς στην σειρά βιβλίων Little House, και πρωταγωνίστησαν η Μελίσσα Γκλίμπερτ ως Laura και ο Μάικλ Λάντον ως ο πατέρας της, Charles Ingalls.

Εργογραφία

Σειρά Little House 

 Little House in the Big Woods (1932)—named to the inaugural Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list in 1958
 Farmer Boy (1933)—about Almanzo Wilder growing up in New York
 Little House on the Prairie (1935)
 On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937)
 By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939)
 The Long Winter (1940)
 Little Town on the Prairie (1941)
 These Happy Golden Years (1943)

Άλλα έργα 
 On the Way Home (1962, published posthumously)—diary of the Wilders' move from De Smet, South Dakota, to Mansfield, Missouri, edited and supplemented by Rose Wilder Lane
 The First Four Years (1971, published posthumously by Harper & Row), illustrated by Garth Williams—commonly considered the ninth Little House book
 West from Home (1974, published posthumously), ed. Roger Lea MacBride—Wilder's letters to Almanzo while visiting Lane in San Francisco
 Little House in the Ozarks: The Rediscovered Writings (1991) —collection of pre-1932 articles
 The Road Back Home, part three (the only part previously unpublished) of A Little House Traveler: Writings from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Journeys Across America (2006, Harper) )—Wilder's record of a 1931 trip with Almanzo to De Smet, South Dakota, and the Black Hills

 A Little House Sampler (1988 or 1989, U. of Nebraska), with Rose Wilder Lane, ed. William Anderson, 
 Writings to Young Women—Volume One: On Wisdom and Virtues, Volume Two: On Life as a Pioneer Woman, Volume Three: As Told by Her Family, Friends, and Neighbors
 A Little House Reader: A Collection of Writings (1998, Harper), ed. William Anderson
 Laura Ingalls Wilder & Rose Wilder Lane, 1937–1939 (1992, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library), ed. Timothy Walch—selections from letters exchanged by Wilder and Lane, with family photographs, 
 Laura's Album: A Remembrance Scrapbook of Laura Ingalls Wilder (1998, Harper), ed. William Anderson, 
 Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography (South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2014)
 Before the Prairie Books: The Writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder 1911–1916: The Small Farm
 Before the Prairie Books: The Writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder 1917–1918: The War Years
 Before the Prairie Books: The Writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder 1919–1920: The Farm Home
 Before the Prairie Books: The Writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder 1921–1924: A Farm Woman
 Laura Ingalls Wilder's Most Inspiring Writings
 Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Pioneer Girl's World View: Selected Newspaper Columns (Little House Prairie Series)
 The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, edited by William Anderson
 Laura Ingalls Wilder Farm Journalist: Writings from the Ozarks, edited by Stephen W. Hines
 Laura Ingalls Wilder's Fairy Poems, Introduced and compiled by Stephen W. Hines

Κληρονομιά

Ντοκιμαντέρ 
Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder (February 2015) is a one-hour documentary film that looks at the life of Wilder. Wilder's story as a writer, wife, and mother is explored through interviews with scholars and historians, archival photography, paintings by frontier artists, and dramatic reenactments.

Ιστορικά μνημεία και μουσεία 

 Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum, Mansfield, Missouri
 Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum, Pepin, Wisconsin
 Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum, Walnut Grove, Minnesota
 Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society museum and historic homes, De Smet, South Dakota;  annual pageant performed here
 Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and Museum, Burr Oak, Iowa
 Little House on the Prairie Museum, Independence, Kansas
 Wilder Homestead, Malone, NY

Ενσάρκωση στην τηλεόραση και το θέατρο 
Multiple adaptations of Wilder's Little House on the Prairie book series have been produced for screen and stage. In them, the following actresses have portrayed Wilder:

 Η Μελίσσα Γκίλμπερτ την έπαιξε στην σειρά Το Μικρό Σπίτι στο Λιβάδι. (1974 - 1983)
 Kazuko Sugiyama (voice) in the Japanese anime series Laura, The Prairie Girl (1975–1976)
 Meredith Monroe, Tess Harper (elder version), Alandra Bingham (younger version, part 1), Michelle Bevan (younger version, part 2) in part 1 and part 2 of the Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder television films (2000 and 2002)
 Kyle Chavarria in the TV miniseries Little House on the Prairie (2005)
 Kara Lindsay in the Little House on the Prairie book musical (2008–2010)

Άλλα 
 Google Doodle commemorated her 148th birthday in 2015.
 Hall of Famous Missourians at the Missouri State Capitol—a bronze bust depicting Wilder is on permanent display in the rotunda. She was inducted in 1993.
 Missouri Walk of Fame—Wilder was honored on the Walk in 2006.
 Wilder crater on planet Venus was named after Wilder.
 In her 1916 essay "Look for Fairies Now", Wilder asked, "Of what use are eyes to a tree, I wonder?". The following century has seen continued research on the detection of far-red receptors by plants, including as a possible factor in crown shyness.

Σημειώσεις

Παραπομπές

Έργα 
 
  – Edition: illustrated, reprint, revised; 427 pp.; selections and bibliographic data retrieved from Google Books 2015-10-15.

Περαιτέρω μελέτη

Εξωτερικοί σύνδεσμοι 

Laura Ingalls Wilder in MNopedia, the Minnesota Encyclopedia

Beyond Little House - Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Frontier Girl
Travel map of Laura Ingalls Wilder - A map showing Laura Ingalls Wilder's travels from her birth in 1867 to 1894.
About the Ingalls Family (Sarah S. Uthoff)
Western American Literature Research: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder: An American Fixture (Pamela Smith Hill)

Μουσεία 
 Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home & Museum, Mansfield, Missouri
 Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum, Walnut Grove, Minnesota:
 Laura Ingalls Wilder Park & Museum, Burr Oak, Iowa

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