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Virginia Hamilton
American writer of children's books (1936-2002) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 65
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.
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Her works were celebrated for exploring the African-American experience, what she called "Liberation Literature."
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