Regina Medal
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| Regina Medal | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | continued, distinguished contribution to the field of children's literature |
| Presented by | Catholic Library Association |
| Location | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Country | United States |
| First awarded | 1959 |
| Official website | http://www.cathla.org/awards_regina.php |
The Regina Medal is an American Literary award of the Catholic Library Association. It was established in 1959 to recognize "continued, distinguished contribution to children’s literature without regard to the nature of the contribution".
[edit] Regina Medal winners
- 1959 Eleanor Farjeon
- 1960 Anne Carroll Moore
- 1961 Padraic Colum
- 1962 Frederic G. Melcher
- 1963 Ann Nolan Clark
- 1964 May Hill Arbuthnot
- 1965 Ruth Sawyer
- 1966 Leo Politi
- 1967 Bertha Mahony Miller
- 1968 Marguerite de Angeli
- 1969 Lois Lenski
- 1970 Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
- 1971 Tasha Tudor
- 1972 Meindert DeJong
- 1973 Frances Clarke Sayers
- 1974 Robert McCloskey
- 1975 May McNeer and Lynd Ward
- 1976 Virginia Haviland
- 1977 Marcia Brown
- 1978 Scott O'Dell
- 1979 Morton Schindel
- 1980 Beverly Cleary
- 1981 Augusta Baker
- 1982 Theodor Seuss Geisel
- 1983 Tomie dePaola
- 1984 Madeleine L'Engle
- 1985 Jean Fritz
- 1986 Lloyd Alexander
- 1987 Betsy Byars
- 1988 Katherine Paterson
- 1989 Steven Kellogg
- 1990 Virginia Hamilton
- 1991 Leonard Everett Fisher
- 1992 Jane Yolen
- 1993 Chris Van Allsburg
- 1994 Lois Lowry
- 1995 Gary Paulsen
- 1996 Russell Freedman
- 1997 Eve Bunting
- 1998 Patricia C. McKissack and Frederick L. McKissack
- 1999 Eric Carle
- 2000 Milton Meltzer
- 2001 E.L. Konigsburg
- 2002 Charlotte Zolotow
- 2003 Jean Craighead George
- 2004 Susan Hirschman
- 2005 Jerry Pinkney
- 2006 Paul Goble
- 2007 Margaret K. McElderry
- 2008 Vera B. Williams
[edit] Note
Copied, not quite literally, from the German Wikipedia article.
