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."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aidan Chambers canonical | 3 |
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British person
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author ⓘ children's writer ⓘ human ⓘ literary critic ⓘ novelist ⓘ young adult fiction writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
British Academy President's Medal
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Carnegie Medal ⓘ Hans Christian Andersen Award ⓘ
surface form:
Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing
Printz Award ⓘ
surface form:
Michael L. Printz Award
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| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-12-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Durham University ⓘ |
| employer | Thames Valley Grammar School ⓘ |
| familyName | Chambers ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
children's literature
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literary criticism ⓘ young adult literature ⓘ |
| formerOccupation | monk ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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realistic fiction ⓘ young adult fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Aidan ⓘ |
| hasWrittenForm |
criticism
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essays ⓘ novels ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| influenced | contemporary young adult literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Aidan Chambers self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableAward |
Carnegie Medal
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surface form:
Carnegie Medal for Postcards from No Man's Land
Michael L. Printz Honor ⓘ
surface form:
Michael L. Printz Award Honor for Postcards from No Man's Land
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| notableFor |
exploring complex themes for teenage readers
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innovative narrative techniques in young adult fiction ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Breaktime
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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
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critic ⓘ editor ⓘ lecturer ⓘ novelist ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Chester-le-Street
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surface form:
Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England
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| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| series | Dance Sequence ⓘ |
| spouse | Nancy Chambers ⓘ |
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