Dick King-Smith
1922
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2011
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United Kingdom
native language: English
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Marlborough College
occupation: children's writer
official website: www.dickkingsmith.com
Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE (27 March 1922 – 4 January 2011), was an English writer of children's books, primarily using the pen name Dick King-Smith. He is best known for The Sheep-Pig (1983). It was adapted as the movie Babe (1995) and translations have been published in fifteen languages. He was awarded an Honorary Master of Education degree by the University of the West of England in 1999 and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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