Name Joseph Krumgold Role Writer | Children Adam Krumgold | |
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Died July 10, 1980, Hope Township, New Jersey, United States Spouse Helen Litwin (m. 1947–1980) Books ...And Now Miguel, Onion John, Henry 3, The most terrible Turk, & NOW MIGUEL LB, Henry III Movies Magic Town, Seven Miles from Alcatraz, And Now Miguel, The Autobiography of a 'Jeep', Jim Hanvey - Detective Similar People John Newbery, Robert Riskin, James B Clark, William A Wellman, Josef von Sternberg | ||
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Joseph Quincy Krumgold (April 9, 1908 – July 10, 1980) was an American writer of books and screenplays. He was the first person to win two annual Newbery Medals for the most distinguished new American children's book.
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Life
Krumgold was born in 1908 in Jersey City, New Jersey in a Jewish family, and was immersed in the world of movies from a young age: his father, Henry, operated movie theatres.
He graduated from New York University, and worked for MGM as a scriptwriter. He married Helen Litwin in 1947; they had one son, Adam, and lived in Greenwich Village, and Hope Township, New Jersey.
He was hired by the United States Department of State to make a film about Hispanic workers in rural America. The film was created in 1953, and shares a title with Krumgold's first Newbery Award-winning novel, ...And Now Miguel.
Six years later, Krumgold won the Newbery Medal again for Onion John, a story about an eccentric immigrant in small-town New Jersey. It was named to the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list in 1960.
Krumgold traveled extensively throughout the world, living in several places including California, Paris, and Rome. From 1947 to 1951, he lived and worked in Israel making movies that marked the founding of modern-day Israel.
He died on July 10, 1980 at the age of 72 at his home in Hope Township.
Other works
Although Krumgold is probably remembered most for the two Newbery winners, he also wrote other novels and movie scripts.