Michael Morpurgo
Autor(a) de War Horse
About the Author
British author Michael Morpurgo was born in St. Albans, Hertforshire in 1943. He attended the University of London and studied English and French. He became a primary school teacher in Kent for about ten years. He and his wife Clare started a charity called Farms for City Children. They currently mostrar mais own three farms where over 2000 children a year stay for a week and experience the countryside by taking part in purposeful farmwork. He has published over 100 books and several screenplays. He won the 1995 Whitbread Children's Book Award for The Wreck of the Zanzibar, the 1996 Nestle Smarties Book Prize for The Butterfly Lion, and the 2000 Children's Book Award for Kensuke's Kingdom. Private Peaceful won the 2005 Red House Children's Book Award and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. Five of his books have been made into movies and two have been adapted for television. He was named as the third Children's Laureate in May 2003. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Photo credit: Andrew Testa for The New York Times
Séries
Obras por Michael Morpurgo
Only Remembered: Powerful Words and Pictures About the War That Changed our World (2014) 18 exemplares
Michael Morpurgo Collection Childrens 8 Books Set Boxed (King of the Cloud Forests, Escape from Shangri-La, Why the… (2012) 13 exemplares
Oxford Reading Tree Treetops Greatest Stories: Oxford Level 13: Peter and the Wolf (2016) 12 exemplares
Beyond the Rainbow Warrior: A Collection of Stories to Celebrate 25 Years of Green Peace (1995) — Editor — 11 exemplares
Michael Morpurgo Collection 12 Books Set (Waiting for Anya, From Hereabout Hill, King of the Cloud Forests, Kensuke's… (2019) 8 exemplares
The Birthday Duck: A classic new picture book from world-renowned author Michael Morpurgo (2021) 7 exemplares
Michael Morpurgo Collection 12 Books Box Set (Farm boy, Born to Run, Shadow, An Elephant in the Garden, The Amazing… (2017) 5 exemplares
The Classic Morpurgo Collection (six novels): Kaspar; Born to Run; The Butterfly Lion; Running Wild; Alone on a Wide,… (2013) 2 exemplares
Private Peaceful: With Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp and the Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark (Oberon Plays for Young… (2006) 2 exemplares
Boxed set (12 titles): The sleeping sword -- My friend Walter -- Why the whales came -- The wreck of the Zanzibar --… (2004) 2 exemplares
Why the Whales Came; the Ghost of Grania O' Malley 2 exemplares
Een boek heel ver gevist : verhalen uit de hele wereld om voor te lezen of zelf te lezen met veel illustraties en met… (1990) 2 exemplares
Michael Morpurgo Christmas Collection 1 exemplar
MORPURGO ASCOLTA LA LUNA 1 exemplar
Tá na heitleoga in airde sa spéir 1 exemplar
Le cygne argenté 1 exemplar
Der Fluch der Wale (VHS Video-Kassette) 1 exemplar
Michael Morpurgo - 4 book set - I Believe in Unicorns; The Mozart Question; This Morning I Met a Whale; The Kites are… (2010) 1 exemplar
Gold collection : Private peaceful - The amazing story of Adolphus Tips - Butterfly lion - Toro! Toro! (2008) 1 exemplar
The great war 1 exemplar
Prometo Ouvir a Lua (2ª Edição) 1 exemplar
Look at Me, I Need a Smile 1 exemplar
IL BAMBINO E IL LEONE 1 exemplar
WARHORSE: Programme 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Great War: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War (2015) — Contribuidor — 106 exemplares
Flights of Fancy: Creative Inspiration from Ten Award-Winning Authors and Illustrators (2019) — Contribuidor — 35 exemplares
J'aime lire magazine. N° 386, Mars 2009 : Un cadeau exceptionnel — Autor — 1 exemplar
Contos Coragem 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Bridge, Michael Andrew (birth name)
- Data de nascimento
- 1943-10-05
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- País (no mapa)
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- London, England, UK
Kent, England, UK
Devon, England, UK
St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK - Educação
- King's College, University of London
Mount House, Devon
The King's School, Canterbury
Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst - Ocupações
- teacher
writer
poet
playwright
philanthropist - Relações
- Morpurgo, Jack (stepfather)
Cammaerts, Emile (grandfather)
Morpurgo, Clare (wife) - Organizações
- Farms for City Children (co-founder)
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Order of the British Empire ( [1999] | [2006])
Children's Laureate (2003-2005)
Chevalier Des Arts et Des Lettres (2004)
Booksellers' Association Author of the Year (2005)
Savoy Hotel (writer-in-residence | 2007)
May Hill Arbuthnot Lecturer (2012) (mostrar todos 7)
Action for Children's Arts (J. M. Barrie Award|2016)
Membros
Discussions
Books Illustrated Next Publication: War Horse em Fine Press Forum (Julho 2023)
YA war story with brothers em Name that Book (Junho 2013)
Críticas
Listas
Five star books (1)
THE WAR ROOM (2)
Garden-fiction (1)
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 246
- Also by
- 23
- Membros
- 25,737
- Popularidade
- #813
- Avaliação
- 4.2
- Críticas
- 557
- ISBN
- 1,737
- Línguas
- 26
- Marcado como favorito
- 21