Virginia Hamilton (1934–2002)
Autor/a de M. C. Higgins, the Great
Sobre l'autor
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 mostra'n més 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) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: virginiahamilton.com
Sèrie
Obres de Virginia Hamilton
Time-Ago Lost: More Tales of Jahdu 9 exemplars
M. C. Higgins, the Great 2 exemplars
Virginia Hamilton papers 1 exemplars
Autograph, ("Wizard of Oz") I.S. 8x10 Portrait 1 exemplars
Virginia Hamilton Classroom Discussion Book on 'Cousins', and Author Interview on Cassette (1992) 1 exemplars
Human Rights in Uganda, the Reasons for Refugees 1 exemplars
South through the jungle 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Worlds to Explore: Classic Tales of Travel and Adventure from National Geographic (2006) — Col·laborador — 96 exemplars
A Newbery Zoo: A dozen animal stories by Newbery Award-winning authors (1995) — Col·laborador — 30 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Hamilton, Virginia Esther
- Data de naixement
- 1934-03-12
- Data de defunció
- 2002-02-19
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Dayton, Ohio, USA
- Causa de la mort
- cancer
- Llocs de residència
- Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA
New York, New York, USA - Educació
- Antioch College
Ohio State University
New School for Social Research - Professions
- writer
professor - Relacions
- Adoff, Arnold (spouse)
Adoff, Jaime (son) - Premis i honors
- 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) (mostra-les totes 8)
Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (1995)
Virginia Hamilton Lecture in Children’s Literature (1984; now a Conference)
Membres
Converses
YA haunted slave escape tunnels a Name that Book (octubre 2018)
Ressenyes
The House of Dies Drear: and Related Readings… de Virginia Hamilton
Includes related readings, poetry, a play, When The Rattlesnake Sounds, and true stories by formerly enslaved. Also places to visit today.
I know this is considered a classic; however, I felt the story was somewhat lacking. An African American family relocates from the deep south to Ohio, to the former home of an abolitionist and underground railroad conductor. Some of the story was compelling as far as the home with all it's secrets were concerned but the conflict felt too contrived. The author tried to present the views of the teenage or preteen protagonist but missed the mark to me. Interesting from the historical fiction stand point.… (més)
Woooooeee. This is scary for real. The illustrations are…memorable.
This is not for children unless you as a parent feel it is right and your child is a fan of the macabre.
I feel this would be a good inclusion for a senior or adult study of folktales.
I am keeping this in a special section as I feel it is an important book but not one I’d want a child to come across unprepared.
5/5 Yikes
This is not for children unless you as a parent feel it is right and your child is a fan of the macabre.
I feel this would be a good inclusion for a senior or adult study of folktales.
I am keeping this in a special section as I feel it is an important book but not one I’d want a child to come across unprepared.
5/5 Yikes
I can't say that I always understood the fables or the folklore, even with an explanation, but overall I enjoyed these stories and some of them absolutely came to life in my mind's eye. I've read many books of mythology or legends, and so I enjoyed this one thoroughly.
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 56
- També de
- 4
- Membres
- 13,696
- Popularitat
- #1,694
- Valoració
- 3.7
- Ressenyes
- 275
- ISBN
- 429
- Llengües
- 6
- Preferit
- 8
- Pedres de toc
- 119