Isabell also did volunteer work, and wrote short stories in her spare time. She is the first child of Isabell Berlin Yolen, a psychiatric social worker who became a full-time mother and homemaker upon Yolen's birth, and Will Hyatt Yolen, a journalist who wrote columns at the time for New York newspapers, and whose family emigrated from the Ukraine to the United States. Jane Hyatt Yolen was born on February 11, 1939, at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan. Yolen published her 400th book in early 2021, Bear Outside. This lecture series is held at the University of South Florida School of Information 'to honor the memory of its first director, Alice Gullen Smith, known for her work with youth and bibliotherapy.' In 2012 she became the first woman to give the Andrew Lang lecture.

Smith Lecture, the inaugural year for the series. Yolen gave the lecture for the 1989 Alice G. She has collaborated on works with all three of her children, most extensively with Adam Stemple. Her other works include the Nebula Award−winning short story 'Sister Emily's Lightship', the novelette 'Lost Girls', Owl Moon, The Emperor and the Kite, and the Commander Toad series. She is the author or editor of more than 350 books, of which the best known is The Devil's Arithmetic, a Holocaust novella.

Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. GradeSaver, 30 April 2013 Web.Fantasy, science fiction, folklore, children's fiction Next Section The Devil's Arithmetic Summary Buy Study Guide How To Cite in MLA Format Davé, Amit. A screenplay adaptation of the novel was also nominated for a Nebula Award the 1999 film starring Kirsten Dunst and Brittany Murphy was directed by Donna Deitch. The book won the National Jewish Book Award in 1989 and was nominated for the Nebula Award the previous year. They tell her they were saved by a girl named Chaya, who was Hannah herself. She endures the horrors of the Holocaust and, upon returning to the present day, recounts her story to her Aunt and Uncle. Hannah recognizes her future Aunt and Uncle while at the camp. There, she is sent to a Nazi concentration camp after symbolically opening the door for the prophet Elijah.Īt the camp, Hannah is believed to be a girl named Chaya Abramowicz. During a Passover Seder Hannah is transported to Poland in the year 1942. Tired of hearing her older relatives talk about the past, throughout the novel Hannah is taught about the importance of remembering the history of where one comes from. The story revolves around Hannah Stern, a Jewish girl living in New Rochelle, New York. First published in 1988, The Devil's Arithmetic is a historical fiction novel by Jane Yolen.

The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen