Barbara Cooney
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- Cooney, Barbara
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- Gender
- Female
- Date of birth
- 1917-08-06
- Place of birth
- United States
- Date of death
- 2000-03-14
- Place of death
- United States
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Barbara Cooney (August 6, 1917 – March 10, 2000) was an American writer and illustrator of 110 children's books, published over sixty years. She received two Caldecott Medals for her work on Chanticleer and the Fox (1958) and Ox-Cart Man (1979), and a National Book Award for Miss Rumphius (1982). Her books have been translated into 10 languages.
For her contribution as a children's illustrator, Cooney was the U.S. nominee in 1994 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books.
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- Barbara Cooney wrote Miss Rumphius
- Barbara Cooney illustrated Miss Rumphius
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- 2020-08-02