Nancy Willard
Encyclopedia
Nancy Willard is an award-winning children's author, poet, and novelist. In 1982, she received the Newbery Medal
for A Visit to William Blake's Inn
. She lives currently lives in Poughkeepsie
, New York
where she lectures at Vassar College
.
, where she won a Hopwood Award
and received a B.A. and a later on a Ph.D. She also studied at Stanford University
, where she received her M.A. Her first novel, Things Invisible to See (1985), is set in her home town of Ann Arbor in the 1940s; two brothers become involved with a paralyzed young woman, and it "ends with a baseball game that anticipates the film Field of Dreams in its player lineup of baseball luminaries. Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
said the novel "has the quality of a fairy tale ... a paradigm of life as a Manichean conflict between good and evil.'"
Newbery Medal
The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association . The award is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The award has been given since 1922. ...
for A Visit to William Blake's Inn
A Visit to William Blake's Inn
A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers is a book by Nancy Willard that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1982. It is also the only book to have won both the Newbery Award and the Caldecott Honor Award...
. She lives currently lives in Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie (city), New York
Poughkeepsie is a city in the state of New York, United States, which serves as the county seat of Dutchess County. Poughkeepsie is located in the Hudson River Valley midway between New York City and Albany...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
where she lectures at Vassar College
Vassar College
Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
.
Biography
She was educated at the University of MichiganUniversity of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
, where she won a Hopwood Award
Hopwood Award
The Hopwood Awards are a major scholarship program at the University of Michigan, founded by Avery Hopwood.Under the terms of the will of Avery Hopwood, a prominent American dramatist and member of the Class of 1905 of The University of Michigan, one-fifth of Mr. Hopwood's estate was given to the...
and received a B.A. and a later on a Ph.D. She also studied at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, where she received her M.A. Her first novel, Things Invisible to See (1985), is set in her home town of Ann Arbor in the 1940s; two brothers become involved with a paralyzed young woman, and it "ends with a baseball game that anticipates the film Field of Dreams in its player lineup of baseball luminaries. Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
Susan Fromberg Schaeffer was a noted novelist and poet who was a Professor of English at Brooklyn College for over thirty years...
said the novel "has the quality of a fairy tale ... a paradigm of life as a Manichean conflict between good and evil.'"
Children's litertature
- Sailing to Cythera and other Anatole Stories - Book One of the Anatole Trilogy (1974)
- The Island of the Grass King: The Further Adventures of Anatole - Book Two of the Anatole Trilogy (1979)
- Uncle Terrible: More Adventures of Anatole - Book Three of the Anatole Trilogy (1982)
- A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers (1982), Newbery MedalNewbery MedalThe John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association . The award is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The award has been given since 1922. ...
recipient - The Nightgown of the Sullen Moon (1983)
- Pish, Posh Said Hieronymus Bosch (1991)
- Beauty and the Beast (1992)
- Simple Pictures are Best (1994)
Poetry
- Skin of Grace (1967)
- Household Tales of Moon and Water (1987)
- Water Walker (1989)
- In the Salt Marsh (2004)