Peter Dickinson

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Peter Dickinson

OBE FRSL
BornPeter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson
(1927-12-16)16 December 1927
Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia
Died16 December 2015(2015-12-16) (aged 88)
Winchester, Hampshire, England
OccupationWriter, poet
NationalityBritish
EducationEton College
Alma materKing's College, Cambridge
Period1968–2015
GenreCrime fiction, children's novels and picture books
Notable works
Notable awardsHorn Book Award
1977
Guardian Prize
1977
Carnegie Medal
1979, 1980
Phoenix Award
2001, 2008
Spouse
Children4, including Philippa Dickinson and John Dickinson[1]
Website
www.peterdickinson.com

Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson OBE FRSL (16 December 1927 – 16 December 2015) was an English author and poet, best known for children's books and detective stories.

Dickinson won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association for both Tulku (1979) and City of Gold (1980), each being recognised as the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject.[2][3] Through 2020 he is one of eight writers to win two Carnegies; no one has won three. He was also a highly commended runner-up[a] for Eva (1988) and four times a commended runner-up.[4][b]

For his contributions as a children's writer Dickinson was a finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2000.[5][6]

  1. ^ Eccleshare, Julia (17 December 2015). "Peter Dickinson obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
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