Awards & Winners

Beverly Cleary

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