Beverly Cleary - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	12-April-1916
Place of Birth	McMinnville (Yamhill County, Oregon, United States of America)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Beverly Bunn, Cleary, Beverly, Beverly Atlee Bunn
Profession	Writer, Librarian, Author
Beverly Cleary is an American author of more than 30 books for young adults and children. One of America's most successful writers of children's literature, she has sold 91 million copies of her books worldwide. Some of her best-known characters are Henry Huggins, Ribsy, Beatrice Quimby, her sister Ramona Quimby, and Ralph S. Mouse. She won the 1981 National Book Award for Ramona and Her Mother and the 1984 Newbery Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw. For her lifetime contributions to American literature Cleary has received the National Medal of Arts, recognition as a "Living Legend" by the Library of Congress, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal from the children's librarians.

Awards by Beverly Cleary

Check all the awards nominated and won by Beverly Cleary.

1985

Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award	Honored for : Dear Mr. Henshaw

1984

John Newbery Medal

Honored for : Dear Mr. Henshaw

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal	Dear Mr. Henshaw

1982

John Newbery Medal

Honored for : Ramona Quimby, Age 8

Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal	Ramona Quimby, Age 8
National Book Award for Children’s Books (Fiction, Hardcover)	Ramona Quimby, Age 8

1981

National Book Award for Children’s Books (Fiction, Paperback)

Honored for : Ramona and Her Mother

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Award for Children’s Books (Fiction, Paperback)	Ramona and Her Mother

1978

John Newbery Medal

Honored for : Ramona and Her Father

Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal	Ramona and Her Father

1975

Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal

1966

Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award	Honored for : Ribsy

1958

Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award	Honored for : Fifteen

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