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Dr. Seuss

American children's author and cartoonist (1904-1991) · United States · Writers · Died at 87

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He bent English into shapes it had never made before and sold 600 million books doing it. The rhymes are simple until you try to write one yourself, then you realize what he was actually doing.

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20266.7×The anniversary of their birth, on 2 March.2 March 2026, 6.7 times the usual readers on 2 March 2026See the moment2008California Hall of FameAward2004Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward1991Died24 September 1991Inkpot AwardAward1986“When at last we are sure / You've been properly pilled, / Then a few paper forms / Must be properly filled / So that you and your heirs / May be properly billed.”In their wordsYou're Only Old Once! : A Book for Obsolete Children (1986)

“You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.”In their words21 May 1986On becoming a writer, NY Times (May 21, 1986)

1984Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and AwardsAward1982Regina MedalAward1980Children's Literature Legacy AwardAward1962“You make 'em, I amuse 'em.”In their wordsStatement about children, as quoted in Enter, Conversing (1962) by Clifton Fadiman, p. 108

1954“A person's a person, no matter how small.”In their wordsHorton Hears a Who! (1954)

1940“I meant what I said, and I said what I meant An elephant's faithful, One hundred percent.”In their wordsHorton Hatches the Egg (1940)

1937“And that is a story that no one can beat, / When I say that I saw it on Mulberry Street.”In their wordsAnd to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937)

1904Born2 March 1904

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  1. When at last we are sure / You've been properly pilled, / Then a few paper forms / Must be properly filled / So that you and your heirs / May be properly billed.

    1986, You're Only Old Once! : A Book for Obsolete Children (1986), Own words

  2. You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.

    May 21, 1986, On becoming a writer, NY Times (May 21, 1986), Own words

  3. Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age. Humor has a tremendous place in this sordid world.

    Nov 27, 1983, As quoted in "Author Isn't Just a Cat in the Hat" by Miles Corwin in The Los Angeles Times (27 November 1983); also in Dr. Seuss: American, Own words

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Awards

California Hall of Fame2008
Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame2004
Inkpot Award1991
Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards1984
Regina Medal1982
Children's Literature Legacy Award1980
Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
Legion of Merit
American Campaign Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal

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About this person

Theodor Geisel picked up the "Dr. Seuss" name as an undergraduate at Dartmouth, carried it to Oxford, then left in 1927 to draw cartoons for Vanity Fair and Life and ads for bug spray. His first children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, came out in 1937. World War II pulled him into political cartoons and Army animation work. Afterward he returned to children's books and spent four decades producing the run that defined him: The Cat in the Hat and How the Grinch Stole Christmas in '57, Green Eggs and Ham in '60, The Lorax in '71, on through Oh, the Places You'll Go! in 1990. By his death in 1991 he'd published over 60 books, won two Emmys and a Pulitzer, and his birthday had become National Read Across America Day.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1904 to 1991 · aged 87

In common with Dr.

Eddie AlbertAlso in The Lorax (1972)Chuck JonesAlso in How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)Boris KarloffAlso in How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)Vivian VanceAlso in The Lorax (1972)Ralph BakshiAlso in The Butter Battle Book (1989)Henry GibsonAlso in Halloween Is Grinch Night (1977)

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