Jacqueline Woodson
Nato: February 12, 1963 – Columbus, Ohio, United States
Jacqueline Woodson is an American author whose fiction and memoir center Black girlhood, family, memory, and belonging across children’s, young adult, and adult literature. Her notable books include Brown Girl Dreaming, Another Brooklyn, and Red at the Bone; she has won the National Book Award, a MacArthur Fellowship, and multiple Coretta Scott King Awards.
Biografia e Percorso dell'Autore
Jacqueline Woodson, born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1963, spent part of her childhood in Greenville, South Carolina, before moving to Brooklyn at seven. A slow reader who nevertheless loved language, she has often marked two early turning points: a fifth-grade teacher who praised her writing, and the dawning sense that books rarely reflected the Black families and neighborhoods she knew. After graduating from Adelphi University, she worked with homeless and runaway children and wrote material for reading tests, experiences that strengthened her commitment to literature that recognized young people’s lives. ((https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jacqueline-Woodson?utm_source=openai))
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"Jacqueline Woodson is an elegant, daring, and restlessly innovative writer"
— Robert Polito
"All Jacqueline Woodson’s books feature lyrical language, powerful characters, and an abiding sense of hope"
— IBBY
"To say it has been a big year for National Book Award–winning author Jacqueline Woodson would be an understatement"
— Publishers Weekly
"I have admired Jacqueline Woodson’s work for years"
— Carla Hayden
"Jacqueline Woodson introduces us to resilient young people fighting to find a place where their lives can take root"
— ALMA Jury
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