Kevin Crossley-Holland

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Kevin Crossley-Holland

Kevin John William Crossley-Holland (born February 7, 1941 in Mursley , North Buckinghamshire ) is a British children's author, poet, translator and member of the Royal Society of Literature .

Crossley-Holland grew up in Whiteleaf, a small town in the Chilterns . He studied literature at the College St Edmund Hall of the University of Oxford .

Awards

Crossley-Holland received the Carnegie Medal in 1986 for his book Storm , in 2000 the Smarties Prize for Arthur - The Seeing Stone (German: Artus - Der magische Spiegel ), the Guardian Children's Fiction Award 2001 and the Tir na n-Og Award 2001.

Works

  • The Rain-giver. London 1972 (poems)
  • Storm London 1975
  • The Dream House. London 1976 (poems)
  • Waterslain. London 1986 (poems)
  • The Arthurian saga
    • Artus - Der magische Spiegel , Stuttgart 2003 (first volume; English original title: Arthur - The Seeing Stone)
    • Artus - Zwischen den Welten , Munich 2004 (second volume; English original title: Arthur - At the Crossing Places)
    • Artus - Im Schatten des Kreuzes , Stuttgart 2003 (third volume; English original title: Arthur - King of the Middle March)
  • Gatty - The Pilgrim's Legacy . Boje Verlag GmbH, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-414-82060-0 .

Footnotes

  1. Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults. 2nd edition, 8 volumes, Gale Group, 2002

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