Michael Morpurgo, OBE, FKC, AKC (born 5 October 1943) is an English author, poet, playwright and librettist, best known for his work in children's literature. He was the third Children's Laureate.
Michael Morpurgo was educated at schools in central London, Devon, Sussex and Kent; his unhappy experiences at boarding school would inform his novel The Butterfly Lion, one of his more famous works. He attended the independent prep school Mount House i...
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Michael Morpurgo, OBE, FKC, AKC (born 5 October 1943) is an English author, poet, playwright and librettist, best known for his work in children's literature. He was the third Children's Laureate.
Michael Morpurgo was educated at schools in central London, Devon, Sussex and Kent; his unhappy experiences at boarding school would inform his novel The Butterfly Lion, one of his more famous works. He attended the independent prep school Mount House in Devon until he was 13. He then went to The King's School, an independent school in Canterbury, and while there he was once described as being "rather stupid but great at rugby". He later trained for the British Army at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He then took up a teaching job. He graduated with a 3rd class degree in English and French from King's College London
Morpurgo's first job was as a primary school teacher, in Kent. In his late twenties, while he was teaching, he discovered his talent for storytelling, of which he later...
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