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Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston was the flamboyant author of the 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, and a leading figure in African-American literature of the 20th century. Hurston grew up in Florida, but…Alain LeRoy Locke
Writer and educator Alain LeRoy Locke was the editor of 1925's The New Negro, and he is sometimes called "the father of the Harlem Renaissance" for his influence on African-American art and…Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Name at birth: Lawrence FerlingLawrence Ferlinghetti was a San Francisco writer, bookseller and publisher who was central to the literary movement known as The Beat Generation. When he settled in…2011 Newbery Medal and Honor Books
The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children…2001 National Book Awards
The 52nd Annual National Book Awards were presented November 14, 2001, at New York City's Marriott Marquis Hotel.Fiction:The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)…Newbery vs. Caldecott
The Question: What's the difference between the Newbery and Caldecott medals? The Answer: The Newbery Medal and Caldecott Medal are both…Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo is a New York novelist whose books include the critical and popular successes White Noise (1985), Libra (1988) and Underworld (1997). Raised by Italian immigrants in the Bronx, DeLillo…Joseph Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer was the 19th-century journalist and newspaper publisher whose will established the Pulitzer Prizes "for the encouragement of public service, public morals, American literature and the…Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon is a celebrity of modern American literature and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (2000). Fresh out of the University of California…2010 Newbery Medal and Honor Books
The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children…Trending
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