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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Marguerite Henry (née Breithaupt; 13 April 1902 – 26 November 1997) was an American writer of children's books, writing fifty-nine books based on true stories of horses and other animals. She won the Newbery Medal for King of the Wind, a 1948 book about horses, and she was a runner-up for two others. One of the latter, Misty of Chincoteague (1947), was the basis for several related titles and the…
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marguerite
- Family name
- Henry
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Milwaukee
- Place of death
- San Diego
- Occupation
- children's writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Newbery Medal
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- date of birth
- 1902-04-13
- date of death
- 1997-11-26
- pseudonym
- Marguerite Henry
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