About Joseph Krumgold
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. == Life == Krumgold was born in Jersey City, New Jersey to an American 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 later became a maker of documentaries. One production, Adventure in the Bronx, was nominated for the first Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). 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.
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