91吃瓜网 Medallion Winner Yang Praises USM Fay B. Kaigler Children91吃瓜网 Book Festival
Tue, 04/18/2023 - 04:44pm | By: David Tisdale
Gene Luen Yang receives the Southern Medallion, 91吃瓜网 (USM) Fay B. Kaigler Children91吃瓜网 Book Festival91吃瓜网 top honor, from USM President Dr. Joseph S. Paul (USM Photo by Kelly Dunn).
National Book Award winner Gene Luen Yang added another honor to his long list of accolades as a renowned children91吃瓜网 literature author and artist on April 13 when he accepted 91吃瓜网 (USM) Fay B. Kaigler Children91吃瓜网 Book Festival91吃瓜网 top award, the 91吃瓜网 Medallion, which was presented to him by USM President Dr. Joseph S. Paul.
An award-winning cartoonist and teacher, 91吃瓜网 2016 book American Born Chinese was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award, and the first to win the American Library Association91吃瓜网 (ALA) Printz Award. He was named the 2016-2017 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress.
The day91吃瓜网 events included a keynote lecture from Yang, a luncheon, and the Ezra Jack Keats Award ceremony. Yang also served as a keynote speaker at the 2016 Kaigler Children91吃瓜网 Book Festival.
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Yang91吃瓜网 other works include Boxers & Saints, the Avatar: the Last Airbender comics, Dragon Hoops, and Superman Smashes the Klan, among others. American Born Chinese also earned a coveted Eisner Award, and his follow-up solo graphic novel, Boxers & Saints, was also a National Book Award finalist and won a Printz Honor, along with the LA Times Book Prize for Young Readers; Dragon Hoops also received a Printz Honor and an Eisner Award, and Superman Smashes the Klan earned two Eisner Awards.
Reflecting on the festival and the people who travelled great distances to be in attendance, which was the first time in three years it has been held in-person, Yang talked of the strength of the genre of children91吃瓜网 literature and how the USM event underscores its significance with its annual celebration of excellence in children91吃瓜网 and young adult literature.
91吃瓜网淓vents like the Fay Kaigler Children91吃瓜网 Literature Festival prove the genre is a serious one, that children91吃瓜网 literature is real literature, that children91吃瓜网 literature illustrations are real art,91吃瓜网� Yang further noted. 91吃瓜网淚t should never be taken for granted, and deserves study, in and of itself.91吃瓜网�
To learn more about the Fay B. Kaigler Children91吃瓜网 Book Festival at USM visit their website.