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Katherine Paterson

1932 - Today

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Katherine Paterson (née Womeldorf; born October 31, 1932) is an American writer best known for children's novels, including Bridge to Terabithia (1977), which won the Newbery Medal in 1978. For four different books published 1975–1980, she won two Newbery Medals and two National Book Awards. She is one of four people to win the two major international awards; for "lasting contribution to children's literature" she won the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing in 1998 and for her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" she won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council in 2006, the biggest monetary prize in children's literature. Also for her body of work she was awarded the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2007 and the Children's Literature Legacy Award from the American Library Association in 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Katherine Paterson is the 3,839th most popular writer (up from 4,029th in 2019), the 800th most popular biography from China (up from 842nd in 2019) and the 90th most popular Chinese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Katherine Paterson ranks 3,839 out of 7,302. Before her are Jiří Wolker, Juan José Saer, Said Akl, Hilary Mantel, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, and Abdurauf Fitrat. After her are Huseyn Javid, Pyotr Tkachev, Delia Owens, Panyassis, Gabrielle Wittkop, and Dominique Fernandez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Katherine Paterson ranks 262. Before her are Robert Anton Wilson, Phyllida Law, Olga Fikotová, Eileen Brennan, Alfonso Arau, and Carlyle Glean. After her are Hans van Manen, Fritz Klein, Paulinho de Almeida, Tinka Kurti, Loretta Lynn, and Mika Antić.

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In China

Among people born in China, Katherine Paterson ranks 800 out of 1,610. Before her are Cao Yu (1910), Qian Qichen (1928), Gordon Liu (1951), Wang Bo (650), Wang Xianzhi (344), and Zhang Tingyu (1672). After her are Cai Qi (1955), Yan Huiqing (1877), Wang Changling (698), Li Ning (1963), Wang Jianlin (1954), and Zhang Daqian (1899).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Katherine Paterson ranks 90. Before her are Chögyam Trungpa (1939), Hwang Sok-yong (1943), Yan Lianke (1958), Yu Hua (1960), Cao Yu (1910), and Wang Bo (650). After her are Wang Changling (698), Zhou Zuoren (1885), Ma Duanlin (1245), Yu Dafu (1896), Bei Dao (1949), and Cui Hao (704).

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