Awards & Winners

Ruth Sawyer

Date of Birth 05-August-1880
Place of Birth Boston
(Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America, Area code 617, Area code 857)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Writer
Ruth Sawyer, was an American storyteller and a writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. She may be best known as the author of Roller Skates, which won the 1937 Newbery Medal. She received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award in 1965 for her lifetime achievement in children's literature.

Awards by Ruth Sawyer

Check all the awards nominated and won by Ruth Sawyer.

1965


Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal

Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal

1937


John Newbery Medal
Honored for : Roller Skates

Nominations 1937 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal Roller Skates