Virginia Hamilton (1934–2002)
Autor(a) de M. C. Higgins, the Great
About the Author
Virginia Hamilton was born March 12, 1934. She received a scholarship to Antioch College, and then transferred to the Ohio State University in Columbus, where she majored in literature and creative writing. She also studied fiction writing at the New School for Social Research in New York. Her mostrar mais first children's book, Zeely, was published in 1967 and won the Nancy Bloch Award. During her lifetime, she wrote over 40 books including The People Could Fly, The Planet of Junior Brown, Bluish, Cousins, the Dies Drear Chronicles, Time Pieces, Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl, and Wee Winnie Witch's Skinny. She was the first African American woman to win the Newbery Award, for M. C. Higgins, the Great. She has won numerous awards including three Newbery Honors, three Coretta Scott King Awards, an Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award. She was also the first children's author to receive a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant in 1995. She died from breast cancer on February 19, 2002 at the age of 67. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por Virginia Hamilton
M. C. Higgins, the Great 2 exemplares
Virginia Hamilton papers 1 exemplar
Virginia Hamilton Classroom Discussion Book on 'Cousins', and Author Interview on Cassette (1992) 1 exemplar
South through the jungle 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Worlds to Explore: Classic Tales of Travel and Adventure from National Geographic (2006) — Contribuidor — 100 exemplares
A Newbery Zoo: A dozen animal stories by Newbery Award-winning authors (1995) — Contribuidor — 30 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Hamilton, Virginia Esther
- Data de nascimento
- 1934-03-12
- Data de falecimento
- 2002-02-19
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Dayton, Ohio, USA
- Causa da morte
- cancer
- Locais de residência
- Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA
New York, New York, USA - Educação
- Antioch College
Ohio State University
New School for Social Research - Ocupações
- writer
professor - Relações
- Adoff, Arnold (spouse)
Adoff, Jaime (son) - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Ohioana Book Award (Juvenile Literature, Body of Work ∙ 1984)
Ohioana Book Award (Career Medal ∙ 1991)
Regina Medal (1991)
Hans Christian Andersen Medal (1992)
May Hill Arbuthnot Lecturer (1993)
MacArthur Fellowship (1995) (mostrar todos 8)
Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (1995)
Virginia Hamilton Lecture in Children’s Literature (1984; now a Conference)
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