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name: "Rachel Field"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "19 September 1894"
died: "15 March 1942"
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average_as: "writer"
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updated: "2026-09-20T00:11:39.972933+00:00"
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# Rachel Field

Writer. Born 19 September 1894 in New York City. Died 15 March 1942.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 19 September 1894, New York City
- **Died:** 15 March 1942
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Field, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1453687, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0276019/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1167856

## Biography

Rachel Field (1894–1942) was an American novelist, poet and writer of children's fiction. Born in New York City, she grew up in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and attended Radcliffe College as a special student.

She is best known for the children's novel *Hitty, Her First Hundred Years* (1929), which won the Newbery Medal, and the adult novel *All This and Heaven Too* (1938), a bestseller based on the life of her great-aunt that was adapted into the 1940 film of the same name. Other notable works include *Time Out of Mind* (1935) and *And Now Tomorrow* (1942).

Field married literary agent Arthur S. Pederson in 1935 and collaborated with him on *To See Ourselves* (1937). She also wrote poetry, plays and the English lyrics for Franz Schubert's *Ave Maria* used in the Disney film *Fantasia* (1940).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, encyclopedia.com, poetryfoundation.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *All This, and Heaven Too* (1940), Fi1m 64, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/all-this-and-heaven-too.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Time Out of Mind* (1947), Novel
- *All This, and Heaven Too* (1940), Writer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/all-this-and-heaven-too.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- National Book Award 1935: National Book Award (won)
- Newbery Medal 1930: Newbery Medal (won), for *Hitty, Her First Hundred Years*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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