Richard Adams
Richard George Adams (9 May 1920 – 24 December 2016) was an English author. His most famous book, Watership Down, began as a story to tell his daughters.[1] Adams won both important British children's book awards, the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.
Richard Adams | |
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 Richard Adams reads from Watership Down | |
| Born | Richard George Adams 9 May 1920 Newbury, Berkshire, England |
| Died | 24 December 2016 (aged 96) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | English |
| Notable works | Watership Down |
| Notable awards | Carnegie Medal 1972 Guardian Prize 1973 |
Adams was in the British Army during World War II. Later he joined the British Civil Service. Two years after Watership Down was published, Adams became a full-time author. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1975.[2]
Adams died on 24 December 2016 at the age of 96 in Oxford, England from complications of a blood disorder.[3]
Select books
- Watership Down
- Shardik
- Nature Through the Seasons
- The Tyger Voyage
- The Plague Dogs
- Voyage Through the Antarctic (with Ronald Lockley)
- Daniel (2006) ISBN 1-903110-37-8
References
- "Richard Adams: Forever animated by the life of animals". The Independent. London. 16 May 2010.
- "Current RSL Fellows". Royal Society of Literature. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- Harrison Smith (28 December 2016). "Richard Adams, best-selling British author of 'Watership Down,' dies at 96". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
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