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Meindert DeJong (1906-1991)
Award winning American author of children's novels. Born in the Netherlands but emigrated to the USA with his family when a teenager, where he became an American citizen. After a series of disparate jobs, DeJong began writing in the 1930s and had his first book published in 1938. Many of his books were animal stories and he won the Newbery Medal in 1955 for The Wheel on the School, with several of his other novels being Newbery Honor books. In 1962 he won the prestigious Hans Christian Anderson Award for his contribution to children's literature.
Two of his children's books feature horses, although I am not sure if he had any connection with them in real life.
His surname is variously spelt De Jong or de Jong as well as DeJong, but the latter is used most often by booksellers, so is preferable to use in a book search.
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