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The
USM Medallion has been presented annually at the Children's
Book Festival since 1969. 1998 marked the thirtieth awarding
of this medallion; our honoree was author E.L. Konigsburg.
This
annual award was established in 1969 to honor an author or
illustrator who has made an outstanding contribution to the
field of children's literature. The author or illustrator's
entire body of work is taken into consideration. Nominations
are received from publishers, authors, illustrators, professors,
and others interested in children's literature. A committee
composed of authors, librarians, and children's literature
specialists makes its choices from a ballot consisting of
all nominations. A silver medallion with the likeness of the
recipient on one side and a representative book character
on the other is presented to the winner. Additional silver
medallions are struck and retained in the permanent collection
housed at the de Grummond Collection. Additional bronze replicas
are struck and are available for sale.
The list
of recipients, a virtual Who's Who of children's literature,
is given below.
1969 - Lois Lenski
1970 - Ernest H. Shepard
1971 - Roger Duvoisin
1972 - Marcia Brown
1973 - Lynd Ward
1974 - Taro Yashima
1975 - Barbara Cooney
1976 - Scott O'Dell
1977 - Adrienne Adams
1978 - Madeleine L'Engle
1979 - Leonard Everett Fisher
1980 - Ezra Jack Keats
1981 - Maurice Sendak
1982 - Beverly Cleary
1983 - Katherine Paterson |
1984 - Peter Spier
1985 - Arnold Lobel
1986 - Jean Craighead George
1987 - Paula Fox
1988 - Jean Fritz
1989 - Lee Bennett Hopkins
1990 - Charlotte Zolotow
1991 - Richard Peck
1992 - James Marshall
1993 - Quentin Blake
1994 - Ashley Bryan
1995 - Tomie de Paola
1996 - Patricia MacLachlan
1997 - Eric Carle
1998 - E. L. Konigsburg |
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