Author for children Jamila Gavin

Jamila Gavin

Living place: India

Birthday: 9-8-1941 (83 years old)

Global rank: #36845

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Who is Author for children Jamila Gavin?
Known for his Surya trilogy and his Coram Boy award-winning book Whitbred, Gavin wrote nearly fifty other popular works of children's fiction between the late 1970s and second decade of the century. 21.
The first volume in her Grandpa Chatterji children's book series was shortlisted for the Smarties Award in the 6-8 year old reader category.

Young / Before famous

Before beginning her literary career, she worked in the BBC's music department. She published her first book, The Magic Orange Tree and Another Story, in 1979.

Family life info

The child of an Indian father and a British mother, she grew up in both of her parents' native countries. She published her debut work after the birth of her first child.

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Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Author for children Jamila Gavin là ai?
Nominated for their work Blackberry Blue and Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood, Gavin and Latino-American writer Benjamin Alire Saenz were both finalists for the 2015 Neustadt NSK Children's Literature Prize.

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When was Author for children Jamila Gavin born?
Jamila Gavin birthday 9-8-1941 (at the age of 83).
Where is Author for children Jamila Gavin's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Jamila Gavin was born in India. Là Author for children, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Jamila Gavin's global rank is 36845 and whose rank is 104 in list of famous Author for children.
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Events in 1941 and 9-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Jamila Gavin

  • Germany attacks the Balkans and Russia.
  • Japanese surprise attack on U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor brings U.S. into World War II; U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan.
  • The first U.S. Lend-Lease shipment of food sent to Britain.

Birthday Jamila Gavin (9-8) in history

  • Day 9-8 year 1854: Henry David Thoreau's Walden, recounting his experiment in solitary life on the shores of Massachusetts' Walden Pond, was published.
  • Day 9-8 year 1936: Jesse Owens became the first American to win four gold medals in one Olympics.
  • Day 9-8 year 1945: The United States exploded a nuclear bomb over Nagasaki, Japan, killing an estimated 74,000 people.
  • Day 9-8 year 1965: Singapore proclaimed its independence from Malaysia.
  • Day 9-8 year 1974: Vice president Gerald Ford was sworn in as president following Nixon's resignation.
  • Day 9-8 year 1995: Jerry Garcia, lead singer and guitarist of the Grateful Dead, died.
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