Awards & Winners

Marilyn Nelson

Date of Birth 26-April-1946
Place of Birth Cleveland
(United States of America, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Area code 216)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Marilyn Nelson Waniek
Profession Writer, Translator, Poet, Author
Marilyn Nelson is an American poet, translator and children's book author. She is the author or translator of twelve books and three chapbooks. From 1978 to 1994 she wrote books as Marilyn Nelson Waniek.

Awards by Marilyn Nelson

Check all the awards nominated and won by Marilyn Nelson.

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Coretta Scott King Award for Authors A Wreath for Emmett Till
Michael L. Printz Award A Wreath for Emmett Till
Honor Book

2005


Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Coretta Scott King Award for Authors Fortune's bones

2002


John Newbery Medal
Honored for : Carver: A Life in Poems

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal Carver: A Life in Poems
Coretta Scott King Award for Authors Carver: A Life in Poems

2001


Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada
(Poetry)

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Young People's Literature Carver: A Life in Poems

1999


Poets' Prize
Honored for : The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems

1997


Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Poetry The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems

1992


Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Honored for : The Homeplace

1991


Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Poetry The Homeplace