# Virginia Hamilton

> Virginia Esther Hamilton was an American children's books author. She wrote 41 books, including M. C. Higgins, the Great (1974), for which she won the U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature
and the Newbery Medal in 1975. Her works were celebrated for exploring the African-American experience, what she called "Liberation Literature."

*American writer of children's books (1936–2002)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/virginia-hamilton

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1936-03-12
- **Died:** 2002-02-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 8.1 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 17.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 70.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358203/ (@nm0358203)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.virginiahamilton.com

## Sources
- [UVirginia Hamilton](https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVirginia_Hamilton)
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- [فرجينيا هاميلتون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86)
- [ভার্জিনিয়া হ্যামিল্টন](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%A8)
- [Virginia Hamilton](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hamilton)
- [Virginia Hamilton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hamilton)
- [Virginia Hamilton](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hamilton)
- [Virginia Hamilton](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hamilton)
- [ویرجینیا همیلتون](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%87%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Virginia Hamilton](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hamilton)
- [וירג'יניה המילטון](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F)
- [Վիրջինիա Համիլթոն](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A1_%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%A9%D5%B8%D5%B6)
- [Virginia Hamilton](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hamilton)
- [ヴァージニア・ハミルトン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3)
- [Virginia Hamilton](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hamilton)
- [Virginia Hamilton](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hamilton)
- [Гамильтон, Вирджиния](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)
- [Virginia Hamilton](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hamilton)
- [Virginia Hamilton](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hamilton)
- [వర్జీనియా హామిల్టన్](https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%B9%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273873)
- [Virginia Hamilton](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2141036)

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