King-Smith, Dick
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Name (Latin)
King-Smith, Dick
Other forms of name
King-Smith, Ronald Gordon
Smith, Dick King-
Date of birth
1922-03-27
Date of death
2011-01-04
Field of activity
Children's literature
Occupation
Authors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Three terrible trins, c1994:t.p. (Dick King-Smith) p. 106 (b. and raised in Gloucestershire, England)
- His The fox busters, 1978:t.p. (Dick King-Smith)
- Biog. resource center (Contemp. authors), Feb. 6, 2006(Dick King-Smith; b. Mar. 27, 1922, Bitton, Gloucestershire, England; farmer in Gloucestershire, England, 1947-67; writer, 1978-)
- Biog. resource center (Major authors and ill. for children and young adults), Feb. 6, 2006(Dick King-Smith; also known as Ronald Gordon King-Smith)
- Guardian WWW site, Jan. 5, 2011(Dick King-Smith (Ronald Gordon King-Smith); b. 27 Mar. 1922; d. 4 Jan. 2011)
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Dick King-Smith
Henry Buckton, CC BY-SA 2.0
Wikipedia description:
Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE (27 March 1922 – 4 January 2011), known by his pen name Dick King-Smith, was an English writer of children's books. He is best known for The Sheep-Pig (1983), which was adapted as the movie Babe (1995) and translations have been published in fifteen languages. He was awarded an Honorary Master of Education degree by the University of the West of England in 1999 and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.
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