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Richard Kennedy (author)

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Richard Jerome Kennedy (born December 23, 1932, in Jefferson City, Missouri-2008), is an American writer of children's books and a supporter of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship. He was the first to suggest that John Ford was the author of the 578-line poem A Funeral Elegy which in 1995 had been touted by Donald Foster as being written by William Shakespeare.[1]

Life

Kennedy attended Portland State University, where he graduated with a B.A. in liberal arts in 1958. He additionally earned a teaching certificate in elementary education from the University of Oregon.[2] However, he found teaching elementary school unsatisfactory, so he tried other jobs, including bookstore owner, deep sea fisherman, moss picker, custodian, cab-driver, and archivist, before turning to writing.[3][4]

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Shakespeare authorship question

Kennedy has been a long-time advocate of the theory that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, was the person actually responsible for writing the works of William Shakespeare. He is a founding member of the Shakespeare Fellowship, and in 2005 he proposed that Shakespeare's Stratford monument was originally built to honor John Shakespeare, William's father, who by tradition was a "considerable dealer in wool".[5]

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Notable works

Awards

  • American Library Association Notable Book List, 1976, for The Blue Stone
  • American Library Association Notable Book List, 1978, for The Dark Princess
  • Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award, 1976, for The Blue Stone and The Porcelain Man
  • Association of Logos Bookstores Award, 1985, for Amy's Eyes
  • German Rattenfänger (Rat Catcher, i.e. Pied Piper) award as best foreign book translated in 1988 for Amy's Eyes
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References

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