Aidan Chambers

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Aidan Chambers is a British author and critic best known for his innovative and award-winning young adult novels, including the Carnegie Medal–winning "Postcards from No Man’s Land."

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Aidan Chambers canonical 15

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instanceOf British person ⓘ
author ⓘ
children's writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
young adult fiction writer ⓘ
awardReceived British Academy President's Medal ⓘ
Carnegie Medal ⓘ
Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing ⓘ
Michael L. Printz Award ⓘ
linked to: Printz Award
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-12-27 ⓘ
educatedAt Durham University ⓘ
employer Thames Valley Grammar School ⓘ
familyName Chambers ⓘ
fieldOfWork children's literature ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
young adult literature ⓘ
formerOccupation monk ⓘ
genre children's literature ⓘ
realistic fiction ⓘ
young adult fiction ⓘ
givenName Aidan ⓘ
hasWrittenForm criticism ⓘ
essays ⓘ
novels ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
influenced contemporary young adult literature ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Aidan Chambers ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableAward Carnegie Medal for Postcards from No Man's Land ⓘ
linked to: Carnegie Medal

Michael L. Printz Award Honor for Postcards from No Man's Land ⓘ
notableFor exploring complex themes for teenage readers ⓘ
innovative narrative techniques in young adult fiction ⓘ
notableWork Breaktime ⓘ
Dance on My Grave ⓘ
Dance on My Grave: A Life and a Death in Four Parts, One Hundred and Seventeen Bits, Six Running Reports and Two Press Clippings, with a Few Jokes ⓘ
Now I Know ⓘ
Postcards from No Man's Land ⓘ
The Toll Bridge ⓘ
This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
critic ⓘ
editor ⓘ
lecturer ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England ⓘ
linked to: Chester-le-Street
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
series Dance Sequence ⓘ
spouse Nancy Chambers ⓘ

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Chambers → hasNotableBearer → Aidan Chambers ⓘ
Carnegie Medal → notableWinner → Aidan Chambers ⓘ
Aidan Chambers → name → Aidan Chambers ⓘ
Postcards from No Man's Land → author → Aidan Chambers ⓘ
Dance on My Grave → author → Aidan Chambers ⓘ
Now I Know → author → Aidan Chambers ⓘ
Breaktime → author → Aidan Chambers ⓘ
The Toll Bridge → author → Aidan Chambers ⓘ
Dance Sequence → author → Aidan Chambers ⓘ
Nancy Chambers → spouse → Aidan Chambers ⓘ
Nancy Chambers → partnerInWriting → Aidan Chambers ⓘ
Thimble Press → foundedBy → Aidan Chambers ⓘ
subject linked to: Nancy Chambers
Thames Valley Grammar School → employed → Aidan Chambers ⓘ