Awards & Winners

Julius Lester

Date of Birth 27-January-1939
Place of Birth St. Louis
(Missouri, United States of America, Area code 314, Area code 557)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Writer, Author, Photographer, Teacher, Musician
Julius Lester is an American author of books for children and adults, and taught for 32 years at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is also a photographer, as well as a musician who recorded two albums of folk music and original songs.

Awards by Julius Lester

Check all the awards nominated and won by Julius Lester.

2011


Nominations 2011 »

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Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2007


Nominations 2007 »

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Day of Tears
7 up

2006


Coretta Scott King Award for Authors
Honored for : Day of Tears

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Coretta Scott King Award for Authors Day of Tears

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Pharaoh's daughter

1994


Nominations 1994 »

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National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction And all our wounds forgiven

1988


Nominations 1988 »

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Coretta Scott King Award for Authors The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit

1983


Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Coretta Scott King Award for Authors This Strange New Feeling

1969


John Newbery Medal
Honored for : To Be a Slave

Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal To Be a Slave