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The award is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and administered by the American Library Association (ALA). [1] Booklist and the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) cosponsor the awards. [1] The shortlist and winners are selected by a seven-member selection committee of library experts who work with adult readers. [1]
Louise Whitfield Carnegie with her husband Andrew Carnegie and their daughter Margaret Carnegie Miller. At the age of 23, Whitfield met Andrew Carnegie, himself aged 45, through her father. [1] On April 22, 1887, Whitfield (now 30) married Carnegie (51) at her family's home in New York City in a private ceremony officiated by a pastor from the ...
Andrew Carnegie with his wife Louise Whitfield Carnegie and their daughter Margaret Carnegie Miller in 1910 Carnegie did not want to marry during his mother's lifetime, instead choosing to take care of her in her illness towards the end of her life. [ 88 ]
These books have won the Carnegie Medal from the British Library Association or its successor CILIP, recognising the year's best children's book published in the United Kingdom (long restricted to authors who were British subjects). For biographies of winning authors see Category:Carnegie Medal in Literature winners.
For articles on winning books see Category: Carnegie Medal in Literature–winning works. The Medal was inaugurated for the 1936 publication year and there have been 85 Medals and winning works in 88 cycles through 2023/2024; there are only 78 winning authors because eight have won twice and two were co-authors.
The Carnegie Medal for Writing, established in 1936 as the Carnegie Medal, is an annual British literary award for English-language books for children or young adults.It is conferred upon the author by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), who in 2016 called it "the UK's oldest and most prestigious book award for children's writing".
The National Book Foundation awards winners in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people’s literature. This year, publishers submitted a total of 1,917 books.
American Book Awards; Anisfield-Wolf Book Award; Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction; ... Carnegie Medal (UK) – since 1936;