March 2, 1904 marked the birth of one Theodore Geisel, best remembered as what famed literary genius?
Geisel Award was established in 2004 and inaugurated in 2006 for 2005 publications. A few runners up are termed Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Books; their authors and illustrators receive certificates. Source: Theodor Seuss Geisel Award terms and criteria Geisel Award The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award is a literary award by the American Library Association (ALA) that annually recognizes the "author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year." The winner(s) receive a bronze medal at the ALA Annual Conference, presented by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
The "Genius" (novel) it immediately sold more than 40,000 copies. "The only figure of literary repute who ever rated "The "Genius"" as first among the novels of Theodore Dreiser was Theodore Dreiser," literary historian Larzer Ziff observed. His fifth published novel, "The "Genius"" was actually the third novel Dreiser began work on and, as his most autobiographical work, remained the novel closest to his heart. He worked on it in stages over a four-year period. The credit he felt he deserved (and did not receive) for his honesty about sexual urges and damaged relationships and his original publisher's decision not to stand by