U-Avi wazalelwa u-Edward Irving Wortis ngo-1937 eBrooklyn, eNew York kuJoseph Wortis, isazi sezifo zengqondo, noHelen Wortis, isisebenzi senhlalakahle. Lapho eseneminyaka eneminyaka eyishumi ubudala, udadewabo wamabhande wambiza ngokuthi u-Avi, futhi igama lesidlaliso lalinamathela. Abomkhulu ababili baka-Avi babengabalobi, kanti unogogo wayengumdlali wokudlala. Ukhumbula umama efunda kuye nodadewabo ubusuku bonke, futhi ehamba emtatsheni womphakathi ngoLwesihlanu. Abazali baka-Avi bamdedela eSyyvesant High School waya e-Elizabeth Irwin High School, esikoleni esincane samabanga aphansi, ngoba wayenokukhubazeka kokufunda okuthiwa i-dysgraphia, okwamenza aguqule noma aphuthe amagama.
E-Elizabeth Irwin High School wafunda nomqeqeshi, u-Ella Ratner, amhlonipha ngokubhala kwakhe impumelelo. U-Avi wayenqume esemncane ukuba abe umbhali futhi waqala ukuba ngumdlali wezemidlalo futhi waqala ukubhalela abantu abasha ngemuva kokuba indodana yakhe uShaun izalwe.
Umsebenzi we-Avi
Incwadi yokuqala ka-Avi ethi "Izinto Ngezinye Izikhathi Zenzeka," yanyatheliswa ngo-1970, futhi kuze kube yimanje, uye washicilela izincwadi ezingu-75. Kwase kuyiminyaka eminingi esebenza isikhathi esigcwele njengomtapo wezincwadi. Waqala eNcwadini Yomphakathi YaseNew York wabe esethatha umsebenzi eTrenton State College eNew Jersey. U-Avi uhlala eDoyy Mountains yaseColorado nomkakhe uLinda Cruise Wright Denver.
Amabhuku nemiklomelo
I-Avi ingumlobi ophelele kakhulu futhi ohambile kahle. Ubhale izincwadi ezinhlotsheni zamaqembu ahlukene nakwezinye izinhlobo ezahlukene ezibandakanya umfundi wokufunda; izincwadi zesithombe; izincwadi ezindala ezincane; fantasy; ukubuyisana; izindaba zezilwane; umlando womlando; amanoveli ezithombe, nezimfihlakalo.
Ubuye waba nokukhiqiza kakhulu ekutholeni imiklomelo yezincwadi zabantu abasha. Ukuze ubhale izibonelo ezimbalwa, "Ukulwa Nezwe," mayelana neMpi Yezimpinduko, eyathola umklomelo we-Scott O'Dell ngo-1984 kanye nenye inkulumo yomlando ethi "Iqiniso Eliqinisekisiwe likaCharlotte Doyle" (1990), olwathola umklomelo weNewbery futhi umklomelo weBoston Globe-Horn Book.
Wabuye wanqoba i-Newbery Medal ye "Crispin: Cross of Lead," ephuma ngo-2002.
Yini esingayifunda Ku-Avi
I-Avi yisibonelo esibonisa ukuthi ngokubekezela nangesifiso, ungakwazi ukufeza noma yini. U-Avi waba umlobi owaziwayo naphezu kokukhubazeka kwakhe futhi akazange avumele izinselele zakhe zemfundo zimvimbe. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, u-Avi ujabulela ukuvakashela izikole nokuletha imibhalo yakhe yesandla ukuze abafundi abakhubazekile bakwazi ukubona ukuthi naye uthola izinto ezingalungile.
I-Avi ekuBhalweni
"Ngicabanga ukuthi uba umlobi uma uyeka ukuzibhalela wena noma othisha bakho bese uqala ukucabanga ngabafundi. Ngenza umqondo wami ukwenza lokho lapho nginesikoleni esiphakeme."
(Kusuka kusayithi lika-Avi.)
"Ngiyakuthanda ukubhala futhi kunzima kodwa kodwa kunzima ukuba wonke umuntu abhale kahle. Ngizobhala kabusha ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuze ngithathe isilinganiso seminyaka ukuba ngibhale incwadi."
(Kusukela enkulumweni ka-1996.)
Okuningi mayelana ne-Avi
Uma uthola indaba yombhali okhuthazayo futhi ufuna ukufunda okwengeziwe ngaye, iwebhusayithi ye-Avi iyona mthombo omuhle kakhulu wolwazi kuye.