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Biography: Awards and Honors

• 1963: A Wrinkle in Time - John Newbery Medal
• 1964: A Wrinkle in Time - runner-up, Hans Christian Anderson Award
• 1965: A Wrinkle in Time - Sequoyah Award
• 1965: A Wrinkle in Time - Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
• 1969: The Moon By Night - Austrian State Literary Prize
• 1971: Camilla - Austrian State Literary Prize
• 1974: New England Round Table of Children's Literature Honor Certificate
• 1978: A Wind in the Door - Learning A-V Award
• 1978: The Irrational Season - Seabury Lenten Selection for 1978
• 1979: The Weather of the Heart - National Religious Book Award
• 1980: A Ring of Endless Light - a Newbery Honor Book
• 1980: A Swiftly Tilting Planet - American book Award
• 1980: Ladder of Angels - National Religious Book Award
• 1981: A Ring of Endless Light - Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
• 1981: A Ring of Endless Light - Nominated for John Newbery Medal
• 1981: A Swiftly Tilting Planet - Newbery Honor Award
• 1982: A Ring of Endless Light - California Young Reader Medal
• 1983: A Rung of Endless Light - Colorado Children's Book Award
• 1984: Regina Medal from the Catholic Library Association
• 1986: ALAN Award for Outstanding Contribution to Adolescent Literature from the National Council of Teachers of english
• 1986: Weisenberg School Book Award
• 1990: Kerlan Award
• 1997: World Fantasy Convention, lifetime achievement
• 1998: Margaret A. Edwards Award, lifetime achievement
• 1998: Sophia Award, School of Spiritual Psychology
• 1999: Wisdom House Award

Honors

• 1949: And Both Were Young - New York Times ten best books of 1949
• 1978: University of Mississippi Medallion
• 1980: Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts
• 1982: Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, Indiana
• 1983: Honorary Doctor of Letters from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
• 1984: Honorary Doctorate of Sacred Theology from Berkeley Divinity School, Berkeley, California
• 1984: Honorary Doctor of Literature from Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois
• 1984: Honorary Doctor of Literature from Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
• 1985: Regina Medal
• 1986: Honorary Doctor of Letters from Smith College, North Hampton, Massachusetts
• 1986: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Virginia Theological Seminary, Lynchburg, Virginia
• 1987: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from St. Joseph College in West Hartford, Connecticut
• 1989: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York
• 1991: Honorary Doctor of Literature from Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon
• 1994: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
• 1994: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
• 1996: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Elon College, Elon College, North Carolina
• 1996: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Rhode Island, Kingston Rhode Island
• 1999: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
• 2000: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania

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