Awards & Winners

Harold Courlander

Date of Birth 18-September-1908
Place of Birth Indianapolis
(Marion County, United States of America, Indiana, Area code 317)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Writer, Novelist, Anthropologist
Harold Courlander was an American novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist, an expert in the study of Haitian life. The author of 35 books and plays and numerous scholarly articles, Courlander specialized in the study of African, Caribbean, Afro-American, and Native American cultures. He took a special interest in oral literature, cults, and Afro-American cultural connections with Africa.

Awards by Harold Courlander

Check all the awards nominated and won by Harold Courlander.

1948


John Newbery Medal
Honored for : The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African Stories

Nominations 1948 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African Stories