Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel surrounded by his literary works. He holds one of his most popular, The Cat in the Hat.
Born	Theodor Seuss Geisel March 2, 1904 Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	September 24, 1991 (aged 87) San Diego, California, U.S.
Pen name	Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg, Rosetta Stone, Theophrastus Seuss
Occupation	Writer, cartoonist, animator, book publisher, artist
Nationality	U.S.
Genres	Children's literature
Notable work(s)	The Cat in the Hat Green Eggs and Ham One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Fox in Socks Horton Hears a Who!
Spouse(s)	Helen Palmer Geisel (1927–1967) Audrey Stone Dimond (1968–1991)
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Theodor Seuss Geisel ( /ˈɡaɪzəl/; March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American writer, poet, and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone.^[1]

He published 46 children's books, which were often characterized by imaginative characters, rhyme, and frequent use of trisyllabic meter. His most celebrated books include the bestselling Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Horton Hatches the Egg, Horton Hears a Who!, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Numerous adaptations of his work have been created, including 11 television specials, four feature films, a Broadway musical and four television series. He won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958 for Horton Hatches the Egg and again in 1961 for And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.

Geisel also worked as an illustrator for advertising campaigns, most notably for Flit and Standard Oil, and as a political cartoonist for PM, a New York City newspaper. During World War II, he worked in an animation department of the U.S Army, where he wrote Design for Death, a film that later won the 1947 Academy Award for Documentary Feature.

Geisel's birthday, March 2, has been adopted as the annual date for National Read Across America Day, an initiative on reading created by the National Education Association.