Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL, FKC, DL (born 5 October 1943) is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for childrens novels such as War Horse (1982). His work is noted for its magical storytelling, for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the Cornish coast or World War I. Morpurgo became the third British Childrens Laureate, from 2003 to 2005.

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