Avery, Gillian, 1926-2016

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Name (Latin)
Avery, Gillian, 1926-2016
Other forms of name
Avery, Gillian Elise, 1926-2016
Avery, Gillian, 1926-
nna Avery, Gillian Elise, 1926-
Date of birth
1926-09-30
Date of death
2016-01-31
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Children's literature
Occupation
Authors
Literary historians
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 14813770
Wikidata: Q5562190
Library of congress: n 80044873
Sources of Information

Wikipedia description:

Gillian Elise Avery (30 September 1926 – 31 January 2016) was a British children's novelist, and a historian of childhood education and children's literature. She won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 1972 for A Likely Lad. It was adapted for television in 1990.

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