Who won a Newbery Medal in 1971?

Answer 1

To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel author Harper Lee based on an event that occurred near her hometown in the mid-1930s, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961. This was Harper Lee's first, and only, novel.

The book was filmed as a movie in 1962, was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won three, including Best Actor for Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch.

Answer 2

The Pulitzer Committee changed the category from "Novel" to "Fiction" in 1948.

There was no award for Fiction in 1971. Paul Zindel won the Pulitzer for Drama for his 1964 play The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds, which is available in book format.

Answer 3

John Updike won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his novel, Rabbit At Rest. He also won the 1982 Pulitzer for another book about the same character, Rabbit Is Rich.

Answer 4

"Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis won the Newbery Medal in 1971.

Answer 5

Paul Zindel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1971 for his play The Effect of Gamma Rays On Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds

Answer 6

Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars won the 1971 Newbery Award.

Answer 7

Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars

Answer 8

Harper Lee for her book "To Kill a Mockingbird" .

Answer 9

There was no Pulitzer Prize awarded for Fiction in 1964.

Answer 10

Pablo Neruda.