Hamilton, Virginia, 1934-2002

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Birth 1936-03-12
Death 2002-02-19
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

African American children's author.

From the description of Virginia Hamilton papers, 1938-2003 (bulk 1970-1999). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132880

Biographical Note

1953 1956 Attended Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio 1956 1958 B.A., Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1959 Attended New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y. 1960 Married Arnold Adoff 1967 Published Zeely. New York: Macmillan 1968 Published The House of Dies Drear. New York: Macmillan 1971 Published The Planet of Junior Brown. 1972 Published W. E. B. Du Bois: A Biography. New York: Crowell 1974 Published M. C. Higgins, the Great. New York: Macmillan Published Paul Robeson: The Life and Times of a Black Man. New York: Harper and Row 1975 Published The Writings of W. E. B. Du Bois. New York: Crowell Received John Newbery Medal and National Book Award for M. C. Higgins, the Great 1976 Published Arilla Sun Down. New York: William Morrow 1980 1981 Published the Justice trilogy, Dustland, The Gathering, and Justice and Her Brothers. New York: Greenwillow Books 1982 Published Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush. New York: Philomel 1983 Published The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl. New York: Harper Published Willie Bea and the Time the Martians Landed. New York: Greenwillow Books 1984 Published A Little Love. New York: Philomel Virginia Hamilton Lecture in Children's Literature established at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 1936, Mar. 12 Born, Yellow Springs, Ohio 1985 Published The People Could Fly. New York: Knopf 1988 Published Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave. New York: Knopf Published In the Beginning. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich 1989 Published The Bells of Christmas. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich 1990 Published Cousins. New York: Philomel 1992 Received Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing 1994 Honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1995 Received Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal Fellow, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation 1997 Published Her Stories. New York: Blue Sky Press 1998 Published Second Cousins. New York: Blue Sky Press 2002, Feb. 19 Died, Yellow Springs, Ohio 2003 Posthumous publication of Wee Winnie Witch's Skinny. New York: Blue Sky Press

From the guide to the Virginia Hamilton Papers, 1938-2003, (bulk 1970-1999), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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