Philip Pullman
Novelist, Author
1946 –
Who is Philip Pullman?
Philip Pullman CBE, FRSL is a British writer. He is the author of several best-selling books, most notably the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials and the fictionalised biography of Jesus, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ. In 2008, The Times named Pullman one of the "50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Northern Lights, the first book of the His Dark Materials trilogy, won the 1995 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's outstanding English-language children's book. For the 70th anniversary of the Medal it was named one of the top ten winning works by a panel, composing the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite. Northern Lights won the public vote from that shortlist and was thus named the all-time "Carnegie of Carnegies" on 21 June 2007. It has been adapted as a film under its U.S. title, The Golden Compass.
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- Born
- Oct 19, 1946
Norwich - Also known as
- Philip Pullman CBE, FRSL
- Parents
- Spouses
- Judith Speller
(1970/04/15 - )
- Judith Speller
- Children
- Religion
- Atheism
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Exeter College, Oxford
- University of Oxford
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on July 23, 2013
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