Avi akaberekwa Edward Irving Wortis muna 1937 muBrooklyn, New York kuna Joseph Wortis, chiremba chepfungwa, uye Helen Wortis, mushandi wepabonde. Paakanga ava nemakore egore, hanzvadzi yake yakamupa zita rokuti Avi, uye zita rezita rainzi rakanamatira. Vaviri vekuru vaAvi vaiva vanyori, uye imwe mbuya aiva playwright. Anoyeuka amai vake vachimuverengera uye hanzvadzi yake manheru oga oga, uye vachienda kumatarenda evanhu vhiki neChishanu. Vabereki vaAvi vakamuendesa kubva kuSyyvesant High School kuenda kuElizabeth Irwin High School, chikoro chiduku chepachikoro, nokuti aiva nechirema chekudzidza chinonzi dysgraphia, icho chakaita kuti atendeuke kana kusapotsa mazwi.
PaErizabeth Irwin High School akadzidza nemudzidzisi, Ella Ratner, waakapa kuti akanyora kubudirira. Avi ainge akatsunga achiri muduku kuti ave munyori uye akatanga kuedza kuva mutambidzi wenyaya uye akatanga kunyora kune vechidiki mushure mokunge mwanakomana wake Shaun aberekwa.
Basa raAvi
Bhuku rokutanga raAvi, "Zvinhu Zvinowanzoitika," rakabudiswa muna 1970, uye kusvika iye zvino, akadhinda mabhuku 75. Kwenguva yakawanda akashanda nguva yakazara sevanyori vanoverengera. Akatanga paNew York Public Library ndokubva atora basa kuTrenton State College muNew Jersey. Avi anogara muRwyy Mountains yeColorado nemudzimai wake, Linda Cruise Wright Denver.
Mabhuku uye Mikana
Avi munyori akakurumbira uye akanyatsogadzikana. Akanyora mabhuku emarudzi akasiyana-siyana uye mumhando dzakasiyana-siyana dzinosanganisira kuverenga kare; mifananidzo yemifananidzo; mabhuku mashoma makuru; fantasy; realism; mhuka dzemhuka; historical fiction; graphic novels, uye zvakavanzika.
Akavewo akabudirira kwazvo mukuwana zvikwereti zvevhuku revanhu vaduku. Kunyora mienzaniso mishomanana, "Kurwisana," pamusoro peRevolutionary War, iyo yakakunda chikamu cheScott O'Dell muna 1984 uye imwe nhoroondo yezvakaitika kare, "The True Confessions yaCharlotte Doyle" (1990), yakakunda muNewbery Award uye Bhoston Globe-Horn Book Award.
Akakundawo Newery Medal ye "Crispin: Cross of Lead," yakabuda muna 2002.
Zvatinogona kudzidza kubva kuna Avi
Avi muenzaniso unopenya kuti nekutsungirira uye chido, iwe unogona kuita chero chinhu. Avi akava munyori akakurumbira pasinei nekuremara kwake uye haana kumborega zvikoro zvake zvidzidzo zvichimurambidza. Nokuda kwechikonzero ichi, Avi anonakidzwa nekushanyira zvikoro uye kuuya nemashiripiti ake akanyorwa kuitira kuti vadzidzi vane hurema hwekudzidza vaone kuti iye, zvakare, anoita kuti zvinhu zvisakanganise.
Avi pakunyora
"Ndinofunga kuti unova munyori paunomira kunyora iwe pachako kana vadzidzisi vako uye utanga kufunga nezvevadzidzi.Ndakaita pfungwa dzangu kuti ndiite izvozvo pandakanga ndiri mukuru wechikoro chesekondari."
(Kubva paAvi's site.)
"Ndinonakidzwa nekunyora uye zvakaoma asi zvino zvakaoma kuti munhu wese anyore zvakanaka." Ndinofanira kunyora zvakare nekudzoka kuitira kuti pavhareji zvinditore gore kuti ndinyore bhuku. "
(Kubva pakukurukurirana kwe1996.)
Zvimwe Pamusoro peAvi
Kana iwe ukawana nhoroondo yomu munyori inosimbisa uye achida kudzidza zvakawanda pamusoro pake, webhusaiti yeAvi ndiyo yakanakisisa inopa ruzivo pamusoro pake.