Susan Eloise Hinton

Background

Eloise Hinton was born on July 22, 1948.

Education

The popularity of her book The Outsiders enabled Hinton to attend the University of Tulsa where in 1970 she earned an education degree.

Career

He first novel "The Outsiders" was about two opposing street gangs. While at school she wrote this story, based on personal experiences. The novel was published in 1967 and immediately became very popular, over 14 million copies were sold. Hinton's publisher suggested she use her initials instead of her feminine given names so that the very first male book reviewers would not dismiss the novel because its author was female. After the success of The Outsiders, Hinton chose to continue writing and publishing using her initials, because she did not want to lose what she had made famous, [e] and to allow her to keep her private and public lives separate.

Achievements

• Susan Eloise Hinton considered the most successful novelist for the junior high and high school audience, Hinton is credited with creating the genre of realistic young adult literature with the publication of her first book, The Outsiders (1967), at the age of seventeen. Although not a prolific author, she is acclaimed for writing powerful and insightful fiction about adolescent males in hostile social environments. Her works are often acknowledged for their authenticity, candor, and appeal to young adults, especially teenage boys. In 1988 S. E. Hinton received the award of Margaret Edwards from the American Library Association. This award is awarded annually to the author, whose works "touched the hearts of young readers and helped adults to hear their true voice, feelings and thoughts, to penetrate into the life of a young man in order to understand him better. " In 1998, SE Hinton was introduced to the Hall of Fame of Writers and Poets at the University of Oklahoma. When in 1983 F. F. Coppola decided to film the two most famous Hinton's novels, she took an active part in this, she wrote scripts and even starred in "Outsiders" in the small role of a nurse in a hospital.

Works

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Views

Although her books include topical elements such as gang violence and drug abuse, Hinton focuses more on character and theme, an attribute praised for contributing to the universality of her works. In each of her books, Hinton depicts the survival and maturation of her adolescent male protagonists, tough yet tender lower-class boys who live in and around Tulsa and who grow by making difficult decisions. Using a prose style noted initially for its urgency but more recently for its more controlled, mature quality, Hinton addresses such themes as appearance versus reality, the need to be loved and to belong, the meaning of honor, and the limits of friendship. Underlying Hinton's works is her depiction of society as a claustrophobic and often fatal environment that contributes to the fear and hostility felt by her characters.

Quotations: "I could write and help a lot of kids, or teach and help a few and go nuts. "

"If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner. "

"When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home. "

"I think that 'The Outsiders' was meant to be written, and I was just picked to write it. "

"How a piece ends is very important to me. It's the last chance to leave an impression with the reader, the last shot at 'nailing' it. I love to write ending lines; usually, I know them first and write toward them, but if I knew how they came to me, I wouldn't tell. "

Connections

She was married David Inhofe in 1970. In August 1983, they became parents to Nicolas David Inhofe, who has worked as a sound effects recordist on the movie Ice Age: The Meltdown.

Son:

Nicolas David Inhofe

August 1983 - _____

husband:

David Inhofe