Madeleine L'Engle

pesto
Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:00:56 +0000

Another Smith graduate.

The author of “A Wrinkle in Time” died on Thursday. According to her obituary in the NY Times, “A Wrinkle in Time” was rejected by 26 publishers before being accepted by Farrar, Strauss and Giroux. It was also “one of the most banned books in the United States, accused by religious conservatives of offering an inaccurate portrayal of God and nurturing in the young an unholy belief in myth and fantasy.”

I expect a good many current Smithies grew up on Madeleine L’Engle’s books. She was a truly original fantasist, long before fantasy became grist for every Tom, Dick, and Harry.