He was awarded the France's "Chevalier Des Arts et Des Lettres" in 2004.

View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro, Officers (Officers of the British Empire) or OBE's, Male Members of the Order of the British Empire (M), (? Michael Morpurgo was born in St Albans, Hertfordhire on October 5th, 1943. He was awarded Honorary Doctorates from Plymouth University, Exeter University and Hertfordshire University. He is married to Claire Morpurgo MBE. In 2003 Michael Morpurgo became the third Children's Laureate, a scheme he had originally helped to set up with poet Ted Hughes. In addition to his writing, he is known for running the charity Farms for City Children alongside his wife Clare. He was a Fellow at Kings College in London, England. This book won the Children's Book Award in 2000. He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Children's Literature. The Wreck of the Zanzibar (1995) won the 1995 Whitbread Children's Book Award. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11349500-michael-morpurgo present) ( 3 children). Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL, FKC, DL (born 5 October 1943, St Albans, Hertfordshire) is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse (1982). In 1914, Joey, a young farm horse, is sold to the army and thrust into the midst of th [...], Our rating: 9.2 | 136 positive reader reviews. https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/michael-morpurgo The Butterfly Lion (1996) draws on the author's own unhappy experiences at boarding school, and is the story of a young boy who rescues an orphaned lion club from the African bush. Other Works It won the 2005 Red House Children's Book Award and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the 2004 Whitbread Children's Book Award.

After studying English and French at London University he took a job teaching primary school children and realised that the books on offer to them were sadly lacking in any real spark so he began to make up his own; something the children enjoyed so much so that this was what he decided he really wanted to do. |  2012 saw the release of the film adaptation of Morpurgo's War Horse, an exceptionally poignant story of one horse's experience in the First World War which was directed by Steven Spielberg. He set up “Farms for City Children” charity with his wife Clare in 1976 after leaving his job as a teacher that he held for ten years.

"The War Horse" in a National Theatre of Great Britain production in association with Handspring Puppet Company at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 2012 Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation for Best Presented Production. Eventually, Morpurgo became a primary school teacher, and in this role discovered his powers as a storyteller. He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Children's Literature. When Michael is washed up on an island in the Pacific after falling from his parent's yacht, the Peggy Sue, he struggles to survive on his own. It won the 1996 Nestl� Smarties Book Prize (Gold Award). Michael Morpurgo was born on October 5, 1943 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England as Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo. Michael Morpurgo was born on 5th October 1943 in St Albans, Hertfordshire. He has written over 100 books. After graduating from university, Michael became a primary school teacher in Kent. The Laureateship rewards a lifetime contribution to children's literature and highlights the importance of the role of children's books. Private Peaceful (2003) is set during the first world war and telling the story of two brothers, Charlie and Tommo.

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