Paula Fox
Paula Fox (April 22, 1923 – March 1, 2017) was an American author of novels for adults, children and two memoirs. For her contributions as a children's writer she won the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1978, the highest in
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Paula Fox (April 22, 1923 – March 1, 2017) was an American author of novels for adults, children and 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. She also won several awards for particular children's books including the 1974 Newbery Medal for her novel The Slave Dancer; 1983 National Book Award in category Children's Fiction for A Place Apart and the 2008 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for A Portrait of Ivan (1969) in its German-language edition Ein Bild von Ivan. In 2011, she was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame. 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.
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