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Born
Shel was born in Chicago,Illinois. his parents were Nathan and Helen Silverstein. he is said to have siblings but its not certain -
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Life of Shel Silverstein
He was born in 1930 in Chicago. ANd he dies in 1999 in Keywest Florida -
Started writing
When he was 12-14 he wanted to be a sports player. Instead he sat inside and wrote stories. He never had many friends because all he did was write he also played guitar. -
Shel Silverstains Visits
He chose to start making a book about all of the places he went. Some places were Spain, Lonodn, Pairs. He went to many more place along the way -
Collage???
He went to the Univarcity of Illinois for a year but got kicked out due to bad grades. the went to Roosevelt Univarcity for 3 years. After that he was drafted to the Army -
Army
In this year he was drafted to the army, He served in Korea and Japan. He served there for the whole Korean war. -
Famous
He became famous for writing poems. Also for writing books. the first thing he did was a cartoonist for the stars and stripes magizine. -
Plays
He wront many plays in the late 50's early 60's. One was called: Look Charlie. That was a very famous play in the 60's -
Books
Some of the books he wrote were: The lion who shot back (1963)
The giving tree (1964)
And the missing peice (1976) and many many more -
Songs
He wrote a song called "ones on the way".That became very famous at the time. The song was a hit for Loretta Lynn -
Awards
Won the Grammy for best contry song in 1969. He also won the Grammy for best children recordin in 1984. The finally he won the best book award in 1981. -
married
Shel was married to Suzan Hastings. They were married for 5 years. She died in 1975 a few months after their divorce. -
Daughter
Shortly before her mother died Shoshamna was born. She was born June 30 1970. She dies at the age 11 due to a problem in her brain -
Son
He had his first son in 1984. his name was Matthew. He was born after his sister died. -
Death
Shel died in Keywest, Florida. He died at the age of 68. His death was due to heart failure -
Body discovered
He was found in his house by 2 maids. They weren't sure if he died that day or not. All they know is he died from a heart attack
