MICKAEL MORPURGO


English author (1943)

Biography:


Mickael Morpurgo was born in St. Albans (Hertforshire) in 1943. He began a military carreer, but left it to become an English teacher. He is a very well-known writer in England, and he has published well over 60 books, some of them awarded.


Mickael Morpurgo, author of illustrated books:


Billy the Kid, illustrated by Michael Foreman, Pavilion Books, 2000.
The Butterfly Lion, illustrated by Christian Birmingham, HarperCollins Children's, 1996.
Collin's Barn, illustrated by Ian Andrew, Mammoth Paperback, 1999.
Dear Olly, illustrated by Christian Birmingham, HarperCollins, 2000.
Farm Boy, illustrated by Michael Foreman, HarperCollins, 1999.
The Rainbow Bear, illustrated by Michael Foreman, Doubleday, 1998.
Sam's Duck, illustrated by Keith Browen, Picture Lions, 1997.
Wartman, illustrated by Joanna Karey, Mammoth Paperback, 1991.
Wombat Goes Walkabout, illustrated by Christian Birmingham, Picture Lions, 2000.
Le Jour des baleines, illustrated by Nathaële Vogel, Gallimard, 1990.
Le roi de la forêt des brumes, illustrated by François Place, Gallimard, 1992.
Le naufrage du "Zanzibar", illustrated by François Place, Gallimard, 1994.
Arthur: High King of Britain, illustrated by Michael Foreman, Harcourt Brace, 1995.
Le roi Arthur, illustrated by Michael Foreman, Gallimard, 1995.
Monsieur Personne, illustrated by Jean-Claude Götting, Gallimard, 1996.