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Peter Dickinson

1927 - 2015

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Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson OBE FRSL (16 December 1927 – 16 December 2015) was an English author and poet, best known for children's books and detective stories. Dickinson won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association for both Tulku (1979) and City of Gold (1980), each being recognised as the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject. Through 2020 he is one of eight writers to win two Carnegies; no one has won three. He was also a highly commended runner-up for Eva (1988) and four times a commended runner-up. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Dickinson is the 3,679th most popular writer (up from 4,141st in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Zambia and the 2nd most popular Zambian Writer.

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Among writers, Peter Dickinson ranks 3,679 out of 7,302. Before him are James A. Michener, Rose Wilder Lane, Octavia E. Butler, Gonzalo de Berceo, Steve Berry, and Oton Župančič. After him are Rupert Brooke, Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Saib Tabrizi, José Enrique Rodó, Ludwig Anzengruber, and Charles Fort.

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Among people born in 1927, Peter Dickinson ranks 232. Before him are Eileen Ryan, David Hedison, Patrick O'Neal, Liane Augustin, Pasquale Festa Campanile, and Eva Bartok. After him are Sadako Ogata, Rachel Roberts, Franco Donatoni, Torbjørn Falkanger, William Hickey, and Claudio Brook. Among people deceased in 2015, Peter Dickinson ranks 215. Before him are Nora Brockstedt, Ants Antson, Wendell Ford, Nicolae Rainea, Roberto M. Levingston, and Franjo Mihalić. After him are Qiao Shi, Ibrahim Biogradlić, Hot Rod Hundley, Ninón Sevilla, Xu Caihou, and Walter Burkert.

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In Zambia

Among people born in Zambia, Peter Dickinson ranks 10 out of 41. Before him are Robert John "Mutt" Lange (1948), Levy Mwanawasa (1948), Godfrey Chitalu (1947), Frederick Chiluba (1943), Edgar Lungu (1956), and Michael Sata (1937). After him are Hakainde Hichilema (1962), Denise Scott Brown (1931), Kalusha Bwalya (1963), Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (1931), Guy Scott (1944), and Dambisa Moyo (1969).

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Among WRITERS In Zambia

Among writers born in Zambia, Peter Dickinson ranks 2. Before him are Wilbur Smith (1933). After him are Alan Rusbridger (1953).

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