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Michael Morpurgo

  • Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo
  • Michael Andrew Bridge
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Morpurgo, Michael
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Date of birth
1943-10-05
Place of birth
United Kingdom

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Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo ( 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 the trenches of the First World War. Morpurgo was the third Children's Laureate, from 2003 to 2005, and is President of BookTrust, a children's reading charity.

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English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels. He has written the War Horse series.

Last modified: 2020-08-09 (revision #19320)

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Goodreads Author ID
8080
LibraryThing Author
morpurgomichael
OpenLibrary Author ID
OL30955A
VIAF
27084898
Wikidata ID
Q1387224

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