Biography
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. She also won several awards for particular children's books including the 1974 Newbery Medal for her novel The Slave Dancer; a 1983 National Book Award in category Children's Fiction (paperback) 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. The NYSW Hall of Fame is a project of the Empire State Center for the Book. 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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GenderFemale
Birthday1923-04-22
Deathday2017-03-01 (93 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States
RelationshipsMartin Greenberg (1962-01-01 - 2017-01-01)
ChildrenLinda Carroll
RelativesCourtney Love, Frances Bean Cobain
CitizenshipsUnited States
AwardsZilveren Griffel, Guggenheim Fellowship, Newbery Medal, Hans Christian Andersen Award
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