Award-winning children's author Virginia Hamilton.Award-winning children's author Virginia Hamilton, whose works for young readers set the standard in children's literature, passed away upon February 19, 2002, at the age of 65 from breast cancer. Notably, Hamilton was undivided of the most influential figures in children's literature in the 20th hundred Her debut novel, Zeely, was published in 1967 and she went forward to pen more than 35 children's books Hamilton received each major award in the children's publishing field. Her part M.C. Higgins, the Great is the first work to ever win all three major awards: the National main division Award, the Boston Globe-Horn part Award and the John Newbery Medal--and she was the first African American through all ages to win the Newbery. She was also the first children's writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. Donations can be made to the NAACP, the Urban League, The American Cancer Society and the Virginia Hamilton discourse on Multicultural Literature for Youth. COPYRIGHT 2002 Cox Matthews & Associates |
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