Hamilton

Award: 
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
Year this Award was Won: 
1 995
Award Win Active Date: 
Saturday, September 5, 2009 - 19:00
Defunct Winner UID: 
1 600
Winner Rank: 
WIN
Winner Blurb: 

According to Letitia Wilson, chair of the Wilder Selection Committee, "Hamilton draws on the specifics of her own African-American and American Indian heritage to illuminate the universals of human experience.  Her shaping of multilayered, often complex, narratives is highlighted by the invention of language and the incorporation of history, legend, and culture.  Creating consistently excellent works of fiction, folklore, and biography, Hamilton has produced a body of works unparalleled in its breadth and depth."


Hamilton has received numerous national and international awards for her work, including the Hans Christian Anderson Award (1992), the Regina Medal (1990) and several Coretta Scott King, John Newbery, and Boston Globe Hornbook honors and awards.

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Winner's Last Name (this will display to the public): 
Hamilton
Winner's First Name (this will display to the public): 
Virginia
Winner Detail Create Date: 
Sunday, September 6, 2009 - 05:17
Winner Detail Change Date: 
Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 09:37
Winner Detail Change ID: 
252
Winner Type: 
PRSN