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Shel Silverstein

BORN: on September 25 1930 in Chicogo, Illnois DIED: on May 10 1999 in Key West, Florida.

ABOUT HIS/HER LIFE:Shelldon Allan Silverstein was born on September 25, 1930 in Chicogo, Illnois. When he was a boy he wanted to play baseball but was never any good at it. He started writing and drawing when he realized he wasn't good at ball. In a interview he said That he was happy that he didn't have any role models because had devolped his own style.In the 1950's Shel joined the army he later quit. Around that time he learned how to play the guitar and that made himself a songwriter. Later, he found himself a writer for books. His first sucessful book was __The Giving Tree.__ In 1991 he was nominated for an Oscar for his song __I'm Checkin' Out__.He later died on May 10,1999 of heart failure.

ABOUT HIS/HER WORK:He has made many books and poems such as: A Light in the Attic Where the Sidewalk Ends The Giving Tree A Giraffe and a Half Who Wants a Cheap Rhinocerous Falling Up The Missing Piece The Missing Piece Meets the Big O Don't Bump the Glump and many more.