Michael Morpurgo
1943
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United Kingdom
native language: English
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: King's College London, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
occupation: poet, writer, novelist, playwright, author, children's writer, librettist, illustrator
award received: Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Nestlé Children's Book Prize, Children's Laureate, Hampshire Book Awards, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Knight Bachelor, Eleanor Farjeon Award
official website: www.michaelmorpurgo.com
Sir Michael Reggie Morpurgo (né Bridge; 5 October 1943) is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytelling", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the Cornish coast or World War I. Morpurgo became the third Children's Laureate, from 2003 to 2005, and he is also the current President of BookTrust, the UK's largest children's reading charity. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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