Katherine Paterson
| Katherine Paterson | |
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| Born | Katherine Womeldorf 31 October 1932 Huai'an, Jiangsu, China |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1973–present |
| Genre | Children's and young-adult novels |
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| Notable awards |
National Book Award 1977, 1979 Newbery Medal 1977, 1981 Hans Christian Andersen Award 1998 Astrid Lindgren Award 2006 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal 2013 |
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Katherine Womeldorf Paterson (born October 31, 1932) is a Chinese-born American writer best known for children's novels. For four different books published 1975-1980, she won two Newbery Medals and two National Book Awards. She is one of three people to win the two major international awards; for "lasting contribution to children's literature" she won the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing in 1998 and for her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" she won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council in 2006, the biggest monetary prize in children's literature. Also for her body of work she was awarded the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2007 and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal from the American Library Association in 2013. She was the second U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, serving 2010 and 2011.
Katherine Womeldorf was born in Huai'an, Jiangsu, China, to Christian Missionaries Rev. G. (George) Raymond and Mary Womeldorf. Her father was a principal at Sutton 690, a school for girls, and traveled throughout China as part of his missionary duties. The Womeldorf family lived in a Chinese neighborhood and immersed themselves in Chinese culture. When Katherine was five years old, the family was forced to leave China during the Japanese invasion of 1937. The family moved to Richmond, Virginia, for a short while before returning to China to live in Shanghai. In 1940, the family was forced to flee again, this time to North Carolina.
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