Paula Fox

Paula Fox
Paula Fox
Born	April 22, 1923; New York City, U.S.
Died	March 1, 2017 (aged 93); New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Writer
Period	1966–2011
Genre	Children's literature; novels, memoirs
Notable works	Desperate Characters; The Slave Dancer; Borrowed Finery (memoir);
Notable awards	Newbery Medal ; 1974 ; Hans Christian Andersen Award ; 1978 ;
Spouses	Howard Bird (m. 1940, divorced); Richard Sigerson (m. 1948, divorced); Martin Greenberg (m. 1962);
Children	3; including Linda Carroll
Parents	Paul Hervey Fox (father)
Relatives	Courtney Love (granddaughter); Frances Bean Cobain (great-granddaughter);

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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Paula Fox

Born	(1923-04-22)April 22, 1923 New York City, U.S.
Died	March 1, 2017(2017-03-01) (aged 93) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Writer
Period	1966–2011
Genre	Children's literature; novels, memoirs
Notable works	Desperate Characters The Slave Dancer Borrowed Finery (memoir)
Notable awards	Newbery Medal 1974 Hans Christian Andersen Award 1978
Spouses	Howard Bird (m. 1940, divorced) Richard Sigerson (m. 1948, divorced) Martin Greenberg (m. 1962)
Children	3; including Linda Carroll^[a]
Parents	Paul Hervey Fox (father)
Relatives	Courtney Love (granddaughter) Frances Bean Cobain (great-granddaughter)

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