Awards & Winners

Meindert DeJong

Date of Birth 04-March-1906
Place of Birth Wierum
(Friesland, Netherlands)
Nationality United States of America, Netherlands
Also know as Meindert De Jong, Meindert Dejong
Profession Author, Writer
Meindert De Jong, sometimes spelled de Jong, DeJong or Dejong was a Dutch-born American writer of children's books. He won the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1962 for his contributions as a children's writer.

Awards by Meindert DeJong

Check all the awards nominated and won by Meindert DeJong.

1969


National Book Award for Children's Books
Honored for : Journey from Peppermint Street

Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Children's Books Journey from Peppermint Street

1959


John Newbery Medal
Honored for : Along Came a Dog

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal Along Came a Dog

1957


John Newbery Medal
Honored for : The House of Sixty Fathers

Nominations 1957 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal The House of Sixty Fathers

1955


John Newbery Medal
Honored for : The Wheel on the School

Nominations 1955 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal The Wheel on the School

1954


John Newbery Medal
Honored for : Hurry Home Candy
John Newbery Medal
Honored for : Shadrach

Nominations 1954 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal Hurry Home Candy
John Newbery Medal Shadrach