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Patricia Wrightson

Australian children's writer (1921-2010) · Australia · Writers · Died at 88

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Patricia Wrightson OBE was an Australian writer of several highly regarded and influential children's books. Employing a magic realism style, her books, including the award-winning The Nargun and the Stars (1973), were among the first Australian books for children to draw on Australian Aboriginal mythology.

A life in dates

2010Died15 March 20101986Hans Christian Andersen AwardAward1984Dromkeen MedalAward1977Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward1921Born19 June 1921

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Awards

Hans Christian Andersen Award1986
Dromkeen Medal1984
Officer of the Order of the British Empire1977

About this person

Patricia Wrightson OBE was an Australian writer of several highly regarded and influential children's books. Employing a magic realism style, her books, including the award-winning The Nargun and the Stars (1973), were among the first Australian books for children to draw on Australian Aboriginal mythology. Her 27 books have been published in 16 languages.

Country
Australia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 2010 · aged 88

Writers from Australia 6

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