Paula Fox

Paula Fox
Born(1923-04-22)April 22, 1923
New York City, U.S.
DiedMarch 1, 2017(2017-03-01) (aged 93)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationWriter
Period1966–2011
GenreChildren's literature; novels, memoirs
Notable works
Notable awardsNewbery Medal
1974
Hans Christian Andersen Award
1978
Spouses
  • Howard Bird
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    (m. 1940, divorced)​
  • Richard Sigerson
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    (m. 1948, divorced)​
  • ​
    (m. 1962)​
Children3; including Linda Carroll[a]
ParentsPaul Hervey Fox (father)
Relatives

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.[1][2] She also won several awards for particular children's books including the 1974 Newbery Medal for her novel The Slave Dancer;[3][b] a 1983 National Book Award in category Children's Fiction (paperback) for A Place Apart;[4][c] and the 2008 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for A Portrait of Ivan (1969) in its German-language edition Ein Bild von Ivan.[5][d]

In 2011, she was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame.[6] The NYSW Hall of Fame is a project of the Empire State Center for the Book.[7] 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.[8]


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