Hamilton, Virginia

Hamilton, Virginia
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      American children's author (b. March 12, 1936, Yellow Springs, Ohio—d. Feb. 19, 2002, Dayton, Ohio), was a master storyteller who preserved black oral tradition following intensive research that uncovered long-forgotten riddles, stories, and traditions, many of which she resurrected in such books as The People Could Fly (1985) and Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom (1993). Her first work, Zeely (1967), appeared at a time when most books devoted to the African American experience dealt with issues such as racial segregation and poverty. Her novels, which she termed “liberation literature,” moved away from “problem” story lines; instead, her tales underscored the experiences of ordinary African Americans. Among her more than 35 works were picture books, folk tales, science-fiction stories, realistic novels, biographies, and mysteries. Hamilton's children's novel M.C. Higgins, the Great won a National Book Award and a Newbery Medal in 1975, and she was the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation grant in 1995.

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