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The 61st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1988 and took place on Wednesday, March 29, 1989, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. [1] During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as ...
Jean Craighead George won both a Newbery Medal and Honor. Beverly Cleary won two Newbery Honors for her Ramona series and the Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw. Paul Fleischman won the Newbery Medal in 1989, two years after his father Sid Fleischman won it. Lois Lowry won two Newbery Medals four years apart. Jerry Spinelli is one of many authors to ...
Alma mater. San Jose State University. Notable works. Lincoln: A Photobiography. Notable awards. Newbery Medal (1988) Russell A. Freedman (October 11, 1929 – March 16, 2018) was an American biographer and the author of nearly 50 books for young people. He may be known best for winning the 1988 Newbery Medal with his work Lincoln: A ...
30 years ago: 61st Academy Awards, 1989 Big shots: This was a big year for the Best Actress pool: Jodie Foster ultimately beat out Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Melanie Griffith and Sigourney Weaver.
The 91st Academy Awards are shaping up to be the most dramatic yet -- and it’s not because of the close races for the Oscars’ top prizes. 1989 Oscars: Looking back on the last time there wasn ...
Mary Elizabeth Carey [1] Elizabeth George Speare (November 21, 1908 – November 15, 1994) was an American writer of children's historical fiction, including two Newbery Medal winners, recognizing the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". [2] In 1989 she received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for her ...
Indeed, all four had been losing finalists for the Fiction award in their hardcover editions (two 1979, two 1981). ^ a b Lewis Thomas, The Lives of a Cell, won both the Arts and Letters and the Sciences awards in 1975. ^ a b John Clive, Thomas Babington Macaulay, won both the History and Biography awards in 1974.
The Medal was inaugurated in 1922 and there have been 91 Medals and winning works through 2012; only 86 winning authors because five have won twice. Pages in category "Newbery Medal winners" The following 96 pages are in this category, out of 96 total.