Awards & Winners

Angela Johnson

Date of Birth 18-June-1961
Place of Birth Tuskegee
(United States of America, Alabama, Macon County)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Writer
Angela Johnson is an American poet and writer of children's books, with over 40 books to her credit since beginning her writing career in 1989. Her children's picture books are simple yet poetic stories about African-American families, friendships, and common childhood experiences such as moving. Her books for older children revolve around similar themes but also explore deeper issues such as teen pregnancy and divorce. In all, the characters are realistic and the treatment sensitive, positive, and hopeful. Many of Johnson's books have Alabama connections and several treat Alabama history, as do her picture books A Sweet Smell of Roses about the Selma to Montgomery marches of 1965 and Wind Flyers about the Tuskegee Airmen, as well as her collection of lyrical poems The Other Side: Shorter Poems, which evoke Shorter, Alabama.

Awards by Angela Johnson

Check all the awards nominated and won by Angela Johnson.

2004


Coretta Scott King Award for Authors
Honored for : The First Part Last
Michael L. Printz Award
Honored for : The First Part Last

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Coretta Scott King Award for Authors The First Part Last
Michael L. Printz Award The First Part Last

1999


Coretta Scott King Award for Authors
Honored for : Heaven

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Coretta Scott King Award for Authors The other side
Coretta Scott King Award for Authors Heaven

1994


Coretta Scott King Award for Authors
Honored for : Toning the Sweep

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Coretta Scott King Award for Authors Toning the Sweep

1991


Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Coretta Scott King Award for Authors When I am old with you