Author for children Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo

Living place: St Albans

Birthday: 5-10-1943 (81 years old)

Global rank: #10041

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Author for children Michael Morpurgo profile

Who is Author for children Michael Morpurgo?
English author of such children's books as War Horse and Billy the Kid. His other literary works include plays, poetry, and musicals.
He received a Young California Reader Medal in 2008 for his book, Private Peace.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He attended King's College, London and worked as a teacher in Kent, England for a time. While he was teaching primary school, he discovered his talent for storytelling and began pursuing a career in writing that would eventually earn him the honor of British Children's Literature Laureate.

Family life info

His mother is actress Kippe Cammaerts, and he is the biological child of actor Tony Van Bridge, although he was raised by his stepfather, Jack Morpurgo. He married Clare Lane, daughter of the founder of Penguin Books and he had three children named Sebastian, Rosalind and Horatio.

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The horse war novel was adapted into a 2011 film directed by Steven Spielberg.

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When was Author for children Michael Morpurgo born?
Michael Morpurgo birthday 5-10-1943 (at the age of 81).
Where is Author for children Michael Morpurgo's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Michael Morpurgo was born in St Albans, of England. is a Author for children, whose Zodiac is Libra, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Goat. Michael Morpurgo's global rank is 10041 and whose rank is 9 in list of famous Author for children.
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Events in 1943 and 5-10

Events in the world in the birth year of Michael Morpurgo

  • Churchill and Roosevelt hold the Casablanca Conference.
  • Mussolini is deposed and placed under arrest (July).

Birthday Michael Morpurgo (5-10) in history

  • Day 5-10 year 1877: Chief Joseph surrendered to the U.S. Army.
  • Day 5-10 year 1910: King Manuel II was overnthrown in a revolution and Portugal became a republic.
  • Day 5-10 year 1921: The World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time.
  • Day 5-10 year 1947: In the first televised White House address, President Truman urged Americans to refrain from eating meat on Tuesdays and poultry on Sundays to help starving people in other countries.
  • Day 5-10 year 1953: Earl Warren was sworn in as the 14th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • Day 5-10 year 1962: The Beatles released their first hit, "Love Me Do," in Britain.
  • Day 5-10 year 1990: Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center and its director were acquitted of obscenity charges resulting from an exhibit of Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs.
  • Day 5-10 year 2001: Barry Bonds broke Mark McGwire's record of 71 home runs in one season when he hit his 71st and 72nd homers.
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