E. L. Konigsburg - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	10-February-1930
Place of Birth	Manhattan (New York City, New York, United States of America)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Elaine Lobl Konigsburg, E.L. Konigsburg, Elaine Lobl
Profession	Writer, Author, Illustrator
Elaine Lobl Konigsburg was an American writer and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. She is one of six writers to win two Newbery Medals, the venerable American Library Association award for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American children's literature." Konigsburg submitted her first two manuscripts to editor Jean Karl at Atheneum Publishers in 1966, and both were published in 1967: Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth and From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. They made her the only person to be Newbery Medal winner and one of the runners-up in one year. She won again for The View from Saturday in 1997, 29 years later, the longest span between two Newberys awarded to one author. For her contribution as a children's writer Konigsburg was U.S. nominee in 2006 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition available to creators of children's books.

Awards by E. L. Konigsburg

Check all the awards nominated and won by E. L. Konigsburg.

2001

Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Young Adult	Silent to the Bone

1999

Phoenix Award	Honored for : Throwing Shadows

1997

John Newbery Medal

Honored for : The View from Saturday

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal	The View from Saturday

1980

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Award for Children's Books (Hardcover)	Throwing Shadows

1974

Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Award for Children's Books	A proud taste for scarlet and miniver

1968

John Newbery Medal

Honored for : Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth

John Newbery Medal

Honored for : From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Nominations 1968 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal	From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
John Newbery Medal	Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth

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