Virginia Esther Hamilton Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Virginia Esther Hamilton (March 12, 1934 – February 19, 2002) was an African-American author of children's books. She wrote 41 books, including M. C. Higgins, the Great, for which she won the U.S. National Book Award in category Children's Books and the Newbery Medal in 1975.For lifetime achievement Hamilton won the international Hans Christian Andersen Award for writing children's literature in 1992 and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for her contributions to American children's literature in 1995.
The New School, Antioch College, Ohio State University
Nationality
American
Spouse
Arnold Adoff
Children
Jaime Levi Adoff, Leigh Hamilton Adoff
Parents
Etta Belle Perry Hamilton, Kenneth James Hamilton
Awards
John Newbery Medal, Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, MacArthur Fellowship, Coretta Scott King Award for Authors, Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing, Regina Medal, Edgar Award for Best Juvenile, National Book Award for Children's Books, Jane Addams Children's Book Award
Nominations
Locus Award for Best Art Book, National Book Award for Children’s Books (Fiction, Hardcover)
Movies
The Planet of Junior Brown, The House of Dies Drear
Star Sign
Pisces
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Quote
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"No, they're American first and black second." - on subtitling one of her books as American Black Folktales.
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Fact
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Won an Edgar Allan Poe award, the Laura Ingalls Wilder award (1995), Coretta Scott King award, and an Hans Christian Andersen medal.
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Studied writing at the New School for Social Research in New York City, where she met her husband.
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Attended Antioch College and Ohio State University.
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Children: Leigh Hamilton Adoff and Jaime Levi Adoff
$13 Million
