An award-winning children's author whose celebrated book was turned into a 1973 film starring Ingrid Bergman has died aged 83.
Elaine Lobl Konigsburg, who went by the name E. L. Konigsburg, passed away on Friday at a hospital in Falls Church, Virginia, a week after suffering a stroke, her son, Paul Konigsburg, said.
The long-time Florida resident, who had moved to the state a few years ago to live with another son, will be fondly remembered for her 'brilliant storytelling,' which twice won her the John Newbery Medal - one of the top honors for children's literature.
Konigsburg won the prestigious award in 1997 for her book 'The View from Saturday' and in 1968 for 'From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.'
Ingrid Bergman starred as Mrs. Frankweiler in a 1973 film adaptation of Konigsburg's book called 'The Hideaways.'
'From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler' was one of the first manuscripts she submitted to editor Jean Karl at Atheneum Publishers in 1966 and it was published in 1967.
'Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth,' was published the same year.
Her family says she wrote 16 children's novels and illustrated three picture books.
Winner: Konigsburg won the prestigious John Newbery medal in 1997 for her book 'The View from Saturday' and in 1968 for 'From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler'
In 1997, the Newbery committee called her story of a sixth grade Academic Bowl team and their coach 'a unique, jubilant tour de force characterized by good humor, positive relationships, distinctive personalities and brilliant story telling.'
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Konigsburg said in an interview with The Associated Press at the time: 'The award represents a kind of validation that I find just most gratifying.'
Only four other authors have won the prized award more than once.
Film adaption: Ingrid Bergman starred as Mrs. Frankweiler in a 1973 film adaptation of Konigsburg's book called 'The Hideaways'
Star: Bergman, left, played Mrs. Frankweiler in the film version of 'From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler'
Konigsburg grew up in Pennsylvania and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in chemistry.
She married David Konigsburg in 1952, and the couple lived in several cities before settling in the Jacksonville, Fla., area.
Konigsburg, who had three sons, a daughter and a half-dozen grandchildren, started writing and illustrating children's books when her youngest child began kindergarten. Her husband died in 2001.