Paula Fox
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Paula Fox (April 22, 1923 – March 1, 2017) was an American author of novels for adults and children and of two memoirs. For her contributions as a children's writer she won the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1978, the highest international recognition for a creator of children's books.[1][2] She also won several awards for particular children's books including the 1974 Newbery Medal for her novel The Slave Dancer;[3][lower-alpha 2] a 1983 National Book Award in category Children's Fiction (paperback) for A Place Apart;[4][lower-alpha 3] and the 2008 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for A Portrait of Ivan (1969) in its German-language edition Ein Bild von Ivan.[5][lower-alpha 4]
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Born | (1923-04-22)April 22, 1923 New York City, U.S. |
Died | March 1, 2017(2017-03-01) (aged 93) New York City, U.S. |
Occupation | Writer |
Period | 1966–2011 |
Genre | Children's literature; novels, memoirs |
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Notable awards | Newbery Medal 1974 Hans Christian Andersen Award 1978 |
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Children | 3; including Linda Carroll[lower-alpha 1] |
Parents | Paul Hervey Fox (father) |
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In 2011, she was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame.[6] The NYSW Hall of Fame is a project of the Empire State Center for the Book.[7] Her adult novels went out of print in 1992. In the mid nineties she enjoyed a revival as her adult fiction was championed by a new generation of American writers.[8]