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Willem Lange

American author and TV host (born )

Willem Lange (born ) is an American author, newspaper columnist, and television presenter.

Early life and education

Willem Lange was born in Albany, New York, in [1] He became fluent in sign language at an early age; his parents were deaf.

Willem lange biography channel youtube: A modern American folktale, Favor Johnson: A Christmas Story has been a favorite radio story for twenty-five years and is published now for the first time , brought to life by the wonderful watercolor illustrations of Bert Dodson. Most popular. August 13, Thomas Church in Hanover, New Hampshire , when audiences outgrew the space.

In , he began to attend a prep school in New England in lieu of attending a reformatory in his home state of New York.[2][3]

In , Lange earned a BA after nine years from the College of Wooster. During the nine years it took for him to graduate, Lange worked a number of jobs, including as a construction worker, announcer for bobsled races, factory worker, taxi driver, bartender, and cowboy, among other jobs.[2]

Career

Following his graduation, Lange settled in northern New York State and became a high school English teacher.

During his summers upstate, he served as an Outward Bound USA instructor.[2]

From to , Lange was the director of the Dartmouth Outward Bound Center. Thereafter, he spent thirty-five years working as a general contractor in Hanover, New Hampshire.[2]

In , Lange created A Yankee Notebook, a syndicated newspaper column that he writes that is published across New England.

Willem lange age The path once served as a horse trail from the Notch to the Old Summit House, which provided shelter for climbers, but only the house's foundation remains. A Dream of Dragons A Dream of Dragons is a proper and modern Norse saga written with all the power of Melville and Hemingway and a true story now retold in the ageless rhythms of blank verse as irresistible as the beautiful and especially commissioned wood cuts of Vermont artist and Caldecott medalist Mary Azarian. Retrieved December 16, Home About All Books More.

He has also worked as a commentator for Vermont Public Radio and has served 18 seasons as host of Windows to the Wild, an outdoor recreation television program aired on New Hampshire Public Television.[4][2][5]

A Christmas Carol

Since , Lange has read A Christmas Carol to a television audience during Christmastime.[6][7] He uses the original prompter script used by Charles Dickens for a –68 tour of the United States.[6]

Lange had first heard the version in while at college, where the version was traditionally performed in the college's chapel prior to students going home for Christmas break.[6] Lange began performing it in his home, eventually moving to St.

Thomas Church in Hanover, New Hampshire, when audiences outgrew the space.[6]

Favor Johnson: A Christmas Story

Every Christmas Eve since , public radio stations in Vermont air Lange’s Favor Johnson: A Christmas Story.[8][9]

Favor Johnson is a Vermont farmer who lives by himself with his dog Hercules and farm animals.

One Christmas Eve, his dog’s life is saved by his physician new neighbor, who brings Johnson a fruitcake the next morning when he comes to check on his patient. This inspires Johnson to start a tradition of delivering homemade fruitcakes house-to-house to his neighbors each Christmas Eve.[8][9][10][11] Lange told Vermont Public Radio that Favor Johnson was based on a true series of events when a neighbor's dog was accidentally shot by rabbit hunters on Christmas Eve and another neighbor, a physician, saved the dog's life, and the dog's owner, who had been an army cook, started baking fruitcakes for his neighbors.[12]

The story was published as a picture book in by Bunker Hill Publishing with illustrations by Bert Dodson.[11]

Awards and honors

For Lange's work on Windows to the Wild, he won a Boston/New England Emmy award for "Outstanding Program Host".[4]

In , Franklin Pierce University awarded Lange with the Fitzwater Medallion for Leadership in Public Communication.[13]

Personal life

In , Lange married his wife Ida.

Together they had three children.[2] Ida died in [14] He lives in East Montpelier, Vermont.[15]

Books

  • Words from the Wild (Bauhan Publishing, )
  • The White-Footed Mouse (Bunker Hill Publishing, )[16]
  • A Dream of Dragons (Bunker Hill Publishing, )
  • Favor Johnson: A Christmas Story (Bunker Hill Publishing, )
  • Intermittent Bliss: Reflections on a Long Love Affair (University Press of New England, )[17]
  • John and Tom (Vermont Folklife Center, )
  • Okay, Let's Try It Again (University Press of New England, )
  • Tales from the Edge of the Woods (University Press of New England, )

References

  1. ^"Will Lange Defies Age on Windows to the Wild".

    March 17,

  2. ^ abcdef"Willem Lange bio". Vermont Stage.
  3. ^"Walking with Willem". August 13,
  4. ^ ab"NHPTV RECEIVES TWO BOSTON/NEW ENGLAND EMMY AWARDS FOR WINDOWS TO THE WILD".

    New Hampshire PBS. June 3,

  5. ^"Adventurer Willem Lange opens 'Windows to the Wild' -- and gets people off their couches".

    Willem lange biography channel 7 December 24, Foreword Reviews. This inspires Johnson to start a tradition of delivering homemade fruitcakes house-to-house to his neighbors each Christmas Eve. During the ensuing thirty-five years he was a building and remodeling contractor in Hanover.

    February 18,

  6. ^ abcdFaignant, Janelle (December 10, ). "'A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story': Willem Lange as Charles Dickens". Rutland Herald.
  7. ^Adams, Jordan. "Once Again, Willem Lange's Annual Reading of 'A Christmas Carol' Brings Comfort and Joy".

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  13. ^ ab"Lange, Katz making local appearances". December 15,
  14. ^ ab"Listen to Willem Lange's classic Vermont Christmas folktale, 'Favor Johnson'". November 16,
  15. ^"Favor Johnson".

    Vermont Public.

    Willem lange biography channel 6 A modern American folktale, Favor Johnson: A Christmas Story has been a favorite radio story for twenty-five years and is published now for the first time , brought to life by the wonderful watercolor illustrations of Bert Dodson. Most popular. They have three children and four grandchildren. They have three children and four grandchildren.

    December 24, Retrieved December 16,

  16. ^ abShaw, Heather (August 16, ). "Review of Favor Johnson". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved December 16,
  17. ^Lindholm, Jane (December 20, ).

    Willem lange biography channel He and his wife, Ida, have been married since During the ensuing thirty-five years he was a building and remodeling contractor in Hanover. Contact Will Book Willem Lange as your guest speaker or storyteller. Let Us Help You.

    "VT Edition Interview: Willem Lange on the origins of Favor Johnson". Vermont Public Radio. Retrieved December 16,

  18. ^"Franklin Pierce University Honors Willem Lange, David Tirrell-Wysocki with Fitzwater Medallion". .
  19. ^"Valley News".
  20. ^"Willem Lange".

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  23. Vermont Public Radio.

  24. ^"The White-Footed Mouse by Willem Lange".
  25. ^"Books & Authors: With pen and perspective, Lange tackles marriage". Rutland Herald. June 7,

External links

Official website