Newbery Medal (John Newbery Medal)
2 appearances
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Edition 1 (1922) Nominee
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Edition 3 (1924) Winner
Charles Boardman Hawes
チャールズ・ボードマン・ホーズ
Charles Boardman Hawes
Aliases:
Charles Hawes
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1889-01-24 （Clifton Springs, New York, U.S.）
- Died
- 1923-07-16 （Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.） age 34
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Bangor, Maine (raised) → Cambridge, Massachusetts (residence/work) → Springfield, Massachusetts (place of death)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Editor
- Active Years
- 1911-1923
- Influenced By
- Robert Louis Stevenson, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Herman Melville
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowdoin College | — | — | — | 1907–1911 | United States |
| Harvard University | — | — | — | 1911–1912（大学院生として1年間在学） | United States |
Bowdoin College
Period:
1907–1911
Year of Graduation:
1911
Country:
United States
Edited The Quill and studied the classics while at Bowdoin.
Harvard University
Period:
1911–1912（大学院生として1年間在学）
Country:
United States
Graduate student for one year; degree not recorded.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | Newbery Medal | The Dark Frigate | — | American Library Association (ALSC) | winner |
| 1922 | Newbery Medal (runner-up/nomination) | The Great Quest | — | American Library Association (ALSC) | runner-up |
| 1962 | Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (selection) | The Dark Frigate | — | Lewis Carroll Shelf Award committee | selected |
Newbery Medal
1924
Work:
The Dark Frigate
Organization:
American Library Association (ALSC)
Result:
winner
Newbery Medal (runner-up/nomination)
1922
Work:
The Great Quest
Organization:
American Library Association (ALSC)
Result:
runner-up
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (selection)
1962
Work:
The Dark Frigate
Organization:
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award committee
Result:
selected
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Mutineers
1919 Fiction (sea adventure)A sea-adventure novel set in the Far East, framed as the account of Benjamin Lathrop written some sixty years earlier.
SeaAdventureVoyage
The Great Quest
1921 Fiction (adventure)A romance of 1826 recounting the experiences of Josiah Woods and his companions on voyages to Cuba and the Gulf of Guinea; was a runner-up for the Newbery Medal.
AdventureSeafaringFriendship
Gloucester, by Land and Sea
1923 Nonfiction (local history) 226 pagesA historical account of the New England seacoast town of Gloucester, collecting maritime history and local culture.
Local historyMaritime history
The Dark Frigate
1923 Historical novel (children's literature)A 17th-century sea adventure telling the story of Philip Marsham, his trials at sea and on land, including events in England and Barbados; published posthumously and awarded the Newbery Medal.
Coming-of-agePiracy and seafaringLoyalty and loss
Whaling
1924 Nonfiction (history/industry) 358 pagesA history of the whaling industry, completed and published by his wife after his death.
Whaling historySocial history
The Story of the Ship "Globe" of Nantucket
1923 Nonfiction (article)An article in The Atlantic Monthly recounting the history of the Nantucket ship 'Globe'.
Ship historyWhaling
A Boy Who Went Whaling
1924 Nonfiction (short piece)A short piece in The Atlantic Monthly describing a boy's experience going whaling.
WhalingComing-of-age
Bibliography
- The Mutineers
- The Great Quest
- Gloucester, by Land and Sea
- The Dark Frigate
- Whaling
- The Story of the Ship "Globe" of Nantucket
- A Boy Who Went Whaling
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Evocative, period-tinged sea storytellingRealistic maritime description with 18th-century stylistic influences
- Recurring Motifs
- The sea and voyagesSailors and piracyComing-of-age and loss
Health
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Pneumonic meningitis1923Sudden onset in 1923 led to his death; subsequent works were published posthumously or completed by his wife.
Legacy
Known for historical sea adventures, he posthumously won the Newbery Medal for The Dark Frigate. His work influenced maritime history writing and children's adventure literature and led to the Hawes Memorial Prize Contest.
Archives
- Library of Congress catalog records
- Bowdoin College archival holdings (possible material)
Quotes
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His adventure stories of the sea caused him to be compared with Stevenson, Dana and Melville.
Source: The New York Times review (1925) on the Hawes Memorial Prize Contest (1925)
Trivia
- Considered the first U.S.-born winner of the Newbery Medal (The Dark Frigate, Newbery 1924).
- Some works were published posthumously or completed by his wife (e.g., Whaling).
- Atlantic Monthly Press established the Hawes Memorial Prize Contest in his memory.