Talk:Arthur Yorinks

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Did you know... that Arthur Yorinks's children's book Louis the Fish was inspired by Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis?

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet talk 14:29, 27 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that when he was sixteen, Arthur Yorinks directly went to the door of his idol Maurice Sendak to ask for advice on his picture books? Source: "Yorinks began to write his own picture books and, at the age of sixteen, “summoned all the courage I had and did something that was to have an enormous ef- fect” on his “life and work,” Yorinks once explained in. “I showed up at Maurice Sendak’s door unannounced." (...) "The two ultimately became friends," Contemporary Authors New Revision Series: Bio-bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields. Volume 125 (page 440)
- ALT1: ... that Arthur Yorinks became friends with Maurice Sendak by knocking on Sendak's door to ask for advice on his picture books when he was sixteen? Source: "Yorinks began to write his own picture books and, at the age of sixteen, “summoned all the courage I had and did something that was to have an enormous ef- fect” on his “life and work,” Yorinks once explained in. “I showed up at Maurice Sendak’s door unannounced." (...) "The two ultimately became friends," Contemporary Authors New Revision Series: Bio-bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields. Volume 125 (page 440)
- ALT2: ... that Arthur Yorinks's Louis the Fish was inspired by Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis, despite being a children's book? Source: "Yorinks is a great reader and drew upon Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, in which a man is changed into an insect, for the story of Louis the Fish." Sixth Book of Junior Authors & Illustrator (page 325)
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- Comment: All book sources used in the article and for the hooks can be found at Anna's Archive. First nomination so hooks may not be the best.

Created by MonarchOfTerror (talk). Self-nominated at 18:22, 28 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Arthur Yorinks; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

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@MonarchOfTerror: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:57, 24 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]