Renowned
British Novelist Peter Dickinson passed away in Winchester, Hampshire. He was
88. He was a prolific novelist best known for children’s books and detective
stories. He was the first author to receive twice the prestigious Carnegie
medal in 1979 and 19080 awarded annually by librarians for the outstanding new
children’s book in Britain.
About Peter Dickinson:-
a) Peter Dickinson was born on
16 December 1927 in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia (Now Zambia).
b) Writing
Career: In his entire career, he had written around 60 books which have been
translated into 53 different languages.
c) His debut novel for children The
Weathermonger was published in 1968 of Changes trilogy and was followed by
Heartsease (1969) and The Devil’s Children (1970). His last novel In The Palace
Of The Khans was published in 2012.
d) Awards and Honours: He was the first and
only author till date to win the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger award
for two consecutive novels Skin Deep (1968) and A Pride Of (Heroes 1969). His
two novels Tulku (1979) and City of Gold (1980) had won the Carnegie Medal.
No comments:
Post a Comment