Cleaver, Eldridge (Leroy Eldridge Cleaver), 1935-98, African-American social activist, b. Wabbaseka, Ark. Growing up in Los Angeles, he spent much of 1954-66 in prison for various crimes including rape. In 1966 he joined the staff of Ramparts magazine, and soon became a member of the Black Panthers. In 1968 his book Soul on Ice made him famous. The next year, fleeing arrest following a Panther shootout with Oakland (Calif.) police, he began a period of exile in Cuba, Algeria, and other points, during which he broke with the Panthers. After his return to the United States in 1975, he espoused a wide, even bizarre, range of political, religious, and commercial causes.

Elizabeth Cleaver (1939-1985) was the Canadian author of several renowned children's books. Two of her books The Wind Has Wings: Poems from Canada and The Loon's Necklace were recognized with the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award for the outstanding illustrations in Canadian children's literature. Shortly before her death, the Library and Archives of Canada acquired the original illustrations for eleven of Cleaver's thirteen books so that they would be preserved for future generations. An award for illustrators of Canadian children's literature Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award is named in her honor.

Awards

• 1971 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award for The Wind Has Wings: Poems from Canada.
• 1972 Hans Christian Andersen Certificate of Honor from IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) for The Wind Has Wings: Poems from Canada, The Mountain Goats of Temlaham, and How Summer Came to Canada.
• 1974 Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award for Children for The Miraculous Hind.
• 1978 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for The Loon's Necklace.
• 1980 Canada Council Children's Literature Prize, English language, illustration, for Petrouchka.
• 1982 Hans Christian Andersen Certificate of Honour from IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) for Petrouchka.