Lyman Frank Baum (; May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema. Born and raised in upstate New York, Baum moved west after an unsuccessful stint as a theater producer and playwright. He and his wife opened a store in South Dakota and he edited and published a newspaper. They then moved to Chicago, where he worked as a newspaper reporter and published children's literature, coming out with the first Oz book in 1900. While continuing his writing, among his final projects he sought to establish a film studio focused on children's films in Los Angeles, California. His works anticipated such later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in …
L. Frank Baum
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לימן פרנק באום, P'ŭraengk'ŭ Pom, L. Firānk Bāwm, and 76 others
L. F. Baum, ფრენკ ბაუმი, フランク ボーム, Φρανκ Μπάουμ, Laimens Frenks Baums, El. Prank Pam, El. K̲aprāṅk Pām, Laura Bancroft, ל. פראנק באום, ลีแมน แฟรงก์ บอม, L. フランク バウム, John Estes Cooke, L. Frenk Baum, L. F ボーム, バウム, פרנק באום, John E. Cooke, Л.Ф Баум, L. Pirāṅk Pōm, ライマン・フランク ボーム, ليمان فرانك بوم, ʻǢn. Frǣnk Bōm, n. Frnk Bom, לימאן פראנק באום, ライマン・フランク バーム, Frenk L. Baum, Frank L Baum, Franck L. Baum, Лаймен Фрэнк Баум, Lyman F. Baum, Frėnk Baum, Edith Van Dyne, 李曼·法蘭克·鮑姆, فرانک باوم, Л. Френк Баум, Schuyler Staunton, L. Frank Bawm, Frank Baum Lyman, Лиман Франк Баум, Frank Lyman Baum, Լայման Ֆրենք Բաում, ライマン・フランク・ボーム, L. K̲aprāṅk Pām, Hugh Fitzgerald, എൽ. ഫ്രാങ്ക് ബോം, Laymen Frenk Baum, לימן פרנק בוים, Fulanke Baomu, Floyd Akers, Фрэнк Баум, Edith VanDyne, باوم، ل. فرانک, L. フランク ボーム, Suzanne Metcalf, El. Pirāṅk Pōm, ل. ف. باوم،, Баум, Л. Фрэнк Баум, L. Frank Balm, Lajmen Frenk Baum, Frenk Baum, L Frank Baum, 莱曼·弗兰克·鲍姆, Лаймэн Фрэнк Баўм, Frank L. Baum, Liman Frenk Baum, Бом, John Estes Cook, Frank Baum, Lyman Frank Baum, L. Franck Baum, 라이먼프랭크바움, Френк Баум, Baum, ליימן פרנק באום, L. Frank Baum - Born:
- May 15, 1856
- Died:
- May 6, 1919
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Lyman Frank Baum (; May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema. Born and raised in upstate New York, Baum moved west after an unsuccessful stint as a theater producer and playwright. He and his wife opened a store in South Dakota and he edited and published a newspaper. They then moved to Chicago, where he worked as a newspaper reporter and published children's literature, coming out with the first Oz book in 1900. While continuing his writing, among his final projects he sought to establish a film studio focused on children's films in Los Angeles, California. His works anticipated such later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of clothes advertising (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work).
