Michael Andrew Bridge (1943-10-05) 5 October 1943 (age 80) St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Occupation
Author
poet
playwright
Alma mater
King's College London
Notable works
War Horse, Why the Whales Came, Private Peaceful
Spouse
Clare Lane
(m. 1963)
Children
3
Parents
Tony Van Bridge (father) Kippe Cammaerts (mother)
Website
michaelmorpurgo.com
Sir Michael Andrew Bridge MorpurgoOBE FRSL FKC DL (néBridge; 5 October 1943)[1] 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",[2] 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,[3] and he is also the current President of BookTrust, the UK's largest children's reading charity.[4]
^"Much ado about... me". www.michaelmorpurgo.com. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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