Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo (né Bridge; 5 October 1943) is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's...
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(1937–2014), Italian linguist at Oxford University. Clare Morpurgo, wife of Michael Morpurgo. Elio Morpurgo (1858–1944), Italian politician. Israel Isserlein...
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War Horse (film) (category Films based on works by Michael Morpurgo)
screenplay written by Lee Hall and Richard Curtis. It is based on Michael Morpurgo's 1982 novel of the same name and its 2007 stage adaptation. The film...
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Private Peaceful (redirect from Private Peaceful – Michael Murpurgo)
Private Peaceful is a novel for older children by British author Michael Morpurgo first published in 2003. It is about a fictional young soldier called...
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on the book of the same name by writer Michael Morpurgo, adapted for stage by Nick Stafford. Originally Morpurgo thought "they must be mad" to try to make...
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Kensuke's Kingdom (category Novels by Michael Morpurgo)
Kingdom is a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Michael Foreman. Following a fictionalised version of Morpurgo as he is stranded on a desert...
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The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips (category Novels by Michael Morpurgo)
Adolphus Tips is a British children's novel written by Michael Morpurgo, and illustrated by Michael Foreman. It was originally published in Great Britain...
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King of the Cloud Forests (category Novels by Michael Morpurgo)
written by Michael Morpurgo. It was first published in the United Kingdom by Heinemann in 1987. It was released on audiobook in 2007, with Morpurgo providing...
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Clare, Lady Morpurgo MBE (née Lane) is a philanthropist. She is the wife of British author Sir Michael Morpurgo and the eldest daughter of Sir Allen Lane...
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Running Wild (novel) (redirect from Running Wild (Michael Morpurgo))
Running Wild is a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo first published in 2009 by HarperCollins . It recounts the adventures of a boy who has to survive...
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Private Peaceful (2012), an adaptation of a novel of the same name by Michael Morpurgo, he co-starred as the apprentice of a hitman played by Tim Roth in...
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War Horse (novel) (category Novels by Michael Morpurgo)
War Horse is a British war novel by Michael Morpurgo. It was first published in Great Britain by Kaye & Ward in 1982. The story recounts the experiences...
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Cineuropa. Retrieved 19 October 2023. Macnab, Geoffrey (16 April 2021). "Michael Morpurgo adaptation 'Kensuke's Kingdom' completes financing with $6.5m boost...
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Farm Boy (novel) (category Novels by Michael Morpurgo)
Farm Boy is a British children's novel written by Michael Morpurgo, and illustrated by Michael Foreman. The book is the sequel to the popular novel War...
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Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of the Wizard of Oz (category Novels by Michael Morpurgo)
Wizard of Oz is a children's fantasy and adventure novel written by Michael Morpurgo, and illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark. It was first published in...
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Flamingo Boy (category Novels by Michael Morpurgo)
the World Stopped Turning, is a British children's novel written by Michael Morpurgo. The book was first published in the United Kingdom as Flamingo Boy...
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Retrieved February 21, 2019. "First look & set report: Noah Schnapp in Michael Morpurgo adaptation Waiting For Anya (exclusive)". Screen Daily. May 15, 2018...
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Kensuke's Kingdom (film) (category Films based on works by Michael Morpurgo)
adventure film based on the 1999 children's novel of the same name by Michael Morpurgo. The film debuted at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival...
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the same time. According to the associated (fictional) storyline by Michael Morpurgo, they were formed from the last girder of the Olympic Stadium. Their...
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An Elephant in the Garden (category Novels by Michael Morpurgo)
the Garden is a British children's novel written by Michael Morpurgo, and illustrated by Michael Foreman. It was originally published in the United Kingdom...
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knighted in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to literature. Michael Morpurgo says “The range and depth of his imagination and of his learning certainly...
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the Books for Younger Readers category and was won by Michael Morpurgo and illustrator Michael Foreman for An Eagle in the Snow, published by HarperCollins...
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noble Captain Nicholls in War Horse, a film based on the 1982 novel by Michael Morpurgo, directed by Steven Spielberg. The same year he starred as Freddie...
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of the charity Farms for City Children, established by his friend Michael Morpurgo in Iddesleigh. In 1970 Hughes and his sister Olwyn set up the Rainbow...
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Friend or Foe (novel) (category Novels by Michael Morpurgo)
Friend or Foe is a British children's novel written by Michael Morpurgo. It was originally published in Great Britain by Macmillan Education in 1977, and...
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– Craig Venter 2009 – Prince Charles 2010 – Terry Pratchett 2011 – Michael Morpurgo 2012 – Paul Nurse 2013 – Bill Gates 2014 – Christine Lagarde 2015 –...
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (children's novel) (category Novels by Michael Morpurgo)
Green Knight is a British children's novel written by Michael Morpurgo, and illustrated by Michael Foreman. It was originally published in the United Kingdom...
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The Last Wolf (category Novels by Michael Morpurgo)
written by Michael Morpurgo and illustrated by Michael Foreman. It won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Bronze Award. Miya helps her grandfather, Michael McLeod...
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July 2016). "The Globe's Emma Rice and Michael Morpurgo talk 946: The Story of Adolphus Tips". Michael Morpurgo. Retrieved 28 August 2022. Trueman, Matt...
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discussion between the poet laureate Ted Hughes and children's writer Michael Morpurgo. The Waterstones Children's Laureate receives a £30,000 bursary and...
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