Does anyone know poet Jack Prelutsky?

Question

well i'm doing a report on him and one web site says that he has amnesia. Is it true. And is there any more info you can give me on him? Thanks : ]

Answer 1

I've never heard that. I did a search and found the website you mentioned, but I think that was a person just doing a creative biography of Mr. Prelutsky. To make it more entertaining, instead of a straightforeward account, the person is telling Mr. Prelutsky about his life as if he doesn't remember it. The site is for an elementary school.

There's a nice REAL interview with him at Scholastic where he has on online poetry course:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jack_meet.htm

Also some information here:
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/68

He should be in www.wikipedia.org, too.

Answer 2

Jack Prelutsky was born September 8, 1940 in New York City, New York and is an American poet noted for his children's poems. He attended New York public schools, and later the High School of Music and Art and Hunter College.

Prelutsky, who has also worked as a busboy, furniture mover, folk singer, and cab driver, claims that he hated poetry in grade school because of the way it was taught.

He is the author of more than 50 poetry collections including Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep (1976), The Mean Old Mean Hyena (1978), and Something BIG Has Been Here (1990). He has also compiled numerous children's anthologies comprising poems of others.

In 2006, the Poetry Foundation named Prelutsky the inaugural winner of the Children’s Poet Laureate award.

He currently lives in Queen Anne, Washington with his wife, Carolynn. He has also lived in Manhattan, Alberquerque, and Boston. He says that he plans on living in other cities as well.

(2006). What a Day it Was at School!
(2002). The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders.
(2000). It's Raining Pigs and Noodles.
(1999). The Gargoyle on the Roof.
(1996). Monday's Troll.
(1994). A Pizza the Size of the Sun.
(1993). The Dragons Are Singing Tonight.
(1990). Something Big Has Been Here.
(1988). Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast.
(1985). My Parents Think I'm Sleeping.
(1984). The New Kid on the Block.
(1983). It's Valentine's Day.
(1982). The Baby Uggs Are Hatching.
(1982). It's Thanksgiving.
(1980). Rainy, Rainy Saturday.
(1980). The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight.
(1978). The Mean Old Mean Hyena.
(1977). It's Halloween.
(1976). Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep.
(1976). The Snop on the Sidewalk.

As for if he has amnesia I don't believe so. If you saw this on http://www.ottawaelem.lasall.k12.il.us/OES%20folder/OES/OES%20Webquest%202002/McKinley2002/jack2/jack2.html#Anchor-Refresh-47857 then no it's not true. The amnesia thing is just a creative way of doing a biography. The person is acting as though Mr. Prelutsky remembers nothing of his life, and is giving him a recount.

Answer 3

RELATED WORKS
1976 Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep
1982 The Baby Uggs Are Hatching

Writer, born in New York City, New York, USA. He attended Hunter College and studied voice at various music schools. He worked as a taxi driver, actor, singer, sculptor, labourer, and carpenter, among other jobs, before becoming a popular poet and storyteller for young readers. His imaginative books have caused controversy at times due to their subject matter, but readers continue to enjoy such works as Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep (1976) and The Baby Uggs Are Hatching (1982). He lived in Olympia, WA.