Virginia Hamilton

Virginia Hamilton has received nearly every possible honor for her writing, including what many consider the Nobel Prize of children's literature - the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Her ability to create multifaceted characters, engaging plots, thought-provoking language patterns, and striking...

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1. Verfasser: Mikkelsen, Nina (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Twayne u.a. 1994
Schriftenreihe:Twayne's United States authors series 630
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Zusammenfassung:Virginia Hamilton has received nearly every possible honor for her writing, including what many consider the Nobel Prize of children's literature - the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Her ability to create multifaceted characters, engaging plots, thought-provoking language patterns, and strikingly imaginative portraits of black experience has won the respect of readers of all ages
A folklore scholar and a writer who has produced a notable example of almost every genre for children - realistic fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, biography, legend, myth, folk tale, and picturebook - Hamilton has published 30 children's books over the last 26 years, among them Zeely (1967), MC Higgins the Great (1974), the Justice trilogy (1980-81), Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush (1982), and The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl (1983)
In this first book-length study of Hamilton, Nina Mikkelsen presents a writer who has broadened readers' knowledge of the African-American cultural experience specifically and deepened their understanding of human strengths and conflicts generally
Beschreibung:XIII, 169 S. Ill.
ISBN:0805740104
9780805740103