Houghton Mifflin
for The Lady with the Hat by Uri Orlev, 1995, translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin
About
"Yulek Goldenberg searches for a homeland," said Barbara Immroth, chair of the Mildred L. Batchelder Committee. "The Lady with the Hat follows World War II survivors as they search for their lives. This well-rounded telling gives voice to various sides of the conflict and its aftermath. Eloquently translated, Orlev's compelling story impresses the culture of post-war Europe upon the reader."
Awards Won
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Mildred L. Batchelder Award
This award, established in Mildred L. Batchelder's honor in 1966, is a citation awarded to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States.
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1996 - Winner(s) |
