Background
Hunt was born to Franklin P. and Sarah Land Hunt on May 18, 1907 in Pontiac, Illinois.
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University of Illinois system. University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. University of Minnesota.
Career
The family soon moved to Newton, Illinois, but Franklin died when Hunt was only seven, and the family moved again to be close to Hunt"s grandparents. In Minneapolis she earned her Master of Arts In Illinois public schools, she was a teacher of English and French. Later, she taught psychology at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, but eventually came back to elementary and junior high school to become a director of language arts in Illinois.
After she retired in 1969, Hunt devoted her time to writing.
Hunt was 57 when her debut novel Across Five Aprils was published in 1964, and it received much acclaim. Chosen a Newbery Honor Book, the novel was also Hunt"s personal favorite among the ones she wrote.
With her faith in "courage, love, and mercy," Hunt wrote her books to emphasize this faith. She died on her 94th birthday on May 18, 2001.
1965 Newbery Honor Book citation for Across Five Aprils.
Achievements
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1965 Newbery Honor Book citation for Across Five Aprils 1965 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children"s Book Award for Across Five Aprils 1965 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for Across Five Aprils 1967 Newbery Medal for Up a Road Slowly 1971 Charles W. Follett Award for Number Promises in the Wind 1985 Parents" Choice Award for The Everlasting Hills.
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United States
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Awards
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award; Newbery Medal; Hans Christian Andersen Award
s The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are a pair of biennial literary awards by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), recognising one living author and one living illustrator for their 'lasting contribution to children's literature'.s The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are a pair of biennial literary awards by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), recognising one living author and one living illustrator for their 'lasting contribution to children's literature'.