Awards & Winners

Elizabeth Yates

Date of Birth 06-December-1905
Place of Birth Buffalo
(United States of America, New York, Erie County, Area code 716)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Elizabeth Yates McGreal
Profession Author, Writer
Elizabeth Yates was a prolific American author. She is perhaps best known for her 1951 Newbery Medal winning novel Amos Fortune, Free Man. She also received the Newbery Honor in 1944 for Mountain Born. She began her writing career as a journalist, writing travel articles for publications such as The Christian Science Monitor and The New York Times. Many of Yates' books were illustrated by British artist Nora Unwin. Her autobiography consists of three volumes: My Diary – My World, My Widening World, and One Writer's Way.

Awards by Elizabeth Yates

Check all the awards nominated and won by Elizabeth Yates.

1955


Jane Addams Children's Book Award
Honored for : Rainbow Round the World

Nominations 1955 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Jane Addams Children's Book Award Rainbow Round the World

1951


John Newbery Medal
Honored for : Amos Fortune, Free Man

Nominations 1951 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal Amos Fortune, Free Man

1944


John Newbery Medal
Honored for : Mountain Born

Nominations 1944 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal Mountain Born