Carnegie Medal for Writing
1 appearances
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Edition 82 (2017) Winner
Ruta Sepetys
ルタ・セペティス
Rūta Šepetys
Aliases:
Rūta Šepetys
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1967-11-19 （Detroit, Michigan, U.S.）
- Nationality
- American, Lithuanian-American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Detroit, Michigan → Los Angeles, California → Nashville, Tennessee
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Entertainment manager
- Active Years
- 2011-2024
- Affiliations
- Sepetys Entertainment Group, Inc., Board of Advisors, Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business at Belmont University
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsdale College | — | International Finance | B.S. | — | United States |
| Centre d’études Européennes | — | — | — | 留学中 | France |
| ICN Graduate Business School | — | — | — | 留学中 | France |
Hillsdale College
International Finance
Degree:
B.S.
Country:
United States
Earned B.S. in International Finance
Centre d’études Européennes
Period:
留学中
Country:
France
Studied while overseas
ICN Graduate Business School
Period:
留学中
Country:
France
Nancy, France
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Carnegie Medal | Salt to the Sea | — | CILIP | Winner |
| 2013 | Cross of the Knight of the Order for Merits to Lithuania | — | — | President of Lithuania | 受章 |
| 2025 | E.B. White Award | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 2025 | Regina Medal | — | — | Catholic Library Association | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Josette Frank Award | I Must Betray You | フィクション | Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education | 受賞 |
Carnegie Medal
2017
Work:
Salt to the Sea
Organization:
CILIP
Result:
Winner
Cross of the Knight of the Order for Merits to Lithuania
2013
Organization:
President of Lithuania
Result:
受章
E.B. White Award
2025
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Regina Medal
2025
Organization:
Catholic Library Association
Result:
受賞
Josette Frank Award
2023
Work:
I Must Betray You
Category:
フィクション
Organization:
Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Between Shades of Gray
2011 Historical fictionA teenage girl deported from Lithuania to Siberian Gulag labor camps after the Soviet occupation in 1941.
Soviet deportationsGulagSuffering and hope
Adaptations
- [Film] Ashes in the Snow / Marius A. Markevicius (2018)
Translations
- Translated into over 30 languages
Bibliography
- Between Shades of Gray
- Out of the Easy
- Salt to the Sea
- Fountains of Silence
- I Must Betray You
- The Bletchley Riddle
Adaptations
- Between Shades of Gray → Ashes in the Snow (film, 2018)
- Salt to the Sea → Optioned by Universal Pictures (in development)
Translations of Works
- Published in over 60 countries and 40 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Historical fiction for young adultsSeeker of lost storiesMulti-perspective narratives
- Recurring Motifs
- Forgotten victims of warTotalitarianismResilience and hope
Legacy
Lithuanian-American historical fiction writer who brings forgotten stories of European history to young adults, achieving international bestseller status and awards like the Carnegie Medal. First American YA author to speak at European Parliament and NATO.
In Popular Culture
- Featured on Lithuanian postage stamp for 100th anniversary of independence
Trivia
- Daughter of a Lithuanian refugee
- Featured in Rolling Stone's 'Women in Rock'
- Bodleian Libraries fellowship at Oxford
- Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center resident