![]() ![]() She is survived by her husband, two children and several grandchildren, including the rock star-actress Courtney Love, 52. ![]() She thrived at writing for decades.įox was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1978 for her body of children’s work. ![]() ![]() She briefly studied at New York’s prestigious Julliard School for musicians, worked as a journalist and married twice. Her life zigged and zagged, from being brought up in the United States and Cuba by family, friends and a small-town preacher, then reclaimed by her parents. The feelings were familiar to Fox, who wrote about her parents not wanting her: they left her in a foundling hospital and went off to travel. Paula Fox did not begin writing until 1962 when she was thirty-nine years old, but since then she has enjoyed critical acclaim and praise from the many. They were tied together by her spare style and interest in the breaking down of things - from families to health to love. Over her long career, Fox penned more than 20 books for young people and six aimed at adults. The controversial novel centered on the Atlantic slave trade in the mid-19th century. She was awarded the Newbery Medal, the top children’s literature honour, in 1974 for The Slave Dancer. Paula Fox’s writing was known for her spare style and interest in the breaking down of things - from families to health to love.įox died at a hospital near her Brooklyn home, her daughter, Linda Carroll-Barraud told The New York Times. The award-winning children’s novelist Paula Fox, known for frankly exploring abandonment and loss, has died in New York. ![]()
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