Author for children Melvin Burgess

Melvin Burgess

Living place: England

Birthday: 25-4-1954 (70 years old)

Population of the world 1954: 2.728 billions

Global rank: #82763

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Who is Author for children Melvin Burgess?
Children's fiction author who rose to prominence in 1996 after the publication of Junk, a young adult novel about teenagers in Bristol who used heroin. His post-apocalyptic novels include 1999's Bloodtide and 2007's Bloodsong.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He wrote The Cry of the Wolf, which won the Carnegie Medal in 1990.

Family life info

He was born in Twickenham, Middlesex.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Author for children Melvin Burgess?
His 2003 novel, Making It, was adapted into the US television series Life as We Know It, starring Lisa Darr.

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When was Author for children Melvin Burgess born?
Melvin Burgess birthday 25-4-1954 (at the age of 70).
Where is Author for children Melvin Burgess's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Melvin Burgess was born in England. is a Author for children, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Horse. Melvin Burgess's global rank is 82763 and whose rank is 232 in list of famous Author for children. Population of the world in 1954 is about 2.728 billions persons.
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Events in 1954 and 25-4

Events in the world in the birth year of Melvin Burgess

  • Nasser becomes premier of Egypt (April 17).
  • Geneva Conference is convened to bring peace to Vietnam (April to July). The country is divided at the 17th parallel, pending democratic elections.
  • Dien Bien Phu, French military outpost in Vietnam, falls to Viet Minh army (May 7). Background: Vietnam War
  • Eight-nation Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty (establishing SEATO) signed at Manila (Sept. 8).
  • Paris agreements grant West Germany sovereignty and admittance to NATO and Western European Union (Oct. 23; effective May, 1955).
  • Algerian War of Independence against France begins (Oct. 31).

Birthday Melvin Burgess (25-4) in history

  • Day 25-4 year 1901: New York became the first state to require license plates on cars.
  • Day 25-4 year 1915: British, Australian, and New Zealand forces landed at Gallipoli.
  • Day 25-4 year 1928: The first seeing eye dog was presented to Morris S. Frank.
  • Day 25-4 year 1945: Delegates met in San Francisco to organize the United Nations.
  • Day 25-4 year 1953: The Francis Crick and James Watson article describing the double helix of DNA is published in the magazine Nature.
  • Day 25-4 year 1959: The St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping.
  • Day 25-4 year 1990: Violeta Barrios de Chamorro was inaugurated as president of Nicaragua.
  • Day 25-4 year 1992: Islamic forces took over most of Kabul, Afghanistan after the Soviet-controlled government collapsed.
  • Day 25-4 year 2003: The Georgia legislature voted to scrap the "Confederate flag" design from its state flag.
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