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Lyamn Frank Baum (1856-1919) was schrijver, journalist, dichter, acteur en film-maker. Baum trouwde in 1882 met de feministe Maud Cage, met wie hij vier kinderen kreeg. De boeken Mother Goose in Prose (1897) en Father Goose, His Book (1899) zijn werken die in meer of mindere mate bekend zijn geworden tijdens het leven van Baum, maar zijn definitieve doorbraak kwam met het boek The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900 in Nederland beter bekend als De Grote Tovenaar van Oz in de Nederlandse vertaling van Hendrik Scholte uit 1940. In 1904 publiceerde Baum zijn eerste succesvolle vervolg getiteld The Marvelous Land of Oz, in totaal zouden er zo'n 17 Oz boeken verschijnen van zijn hand. Deze Oz boeken worden vertaald door Jeroen van Luiken-Bakker en door Ahvô Braiths gepubliceerd.
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