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Richard Adams

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English novelist best known as the author of Watership Down

United KingdomWritersLived 1920 to 2016 · aged 96
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Richard George Adams was an English novelist. He is best known for his debut novel Watership Down which achieved international acclaim. His other works included Maia, Shardik and The Plague Dogs. He studied Modern History at Worcester College, Oxford, before serving in the British Army during World War II.

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2011Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Morning Program
1998Silvert Award
1973Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
1972Carnegie Medal
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

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Richard George Adams was an English novelist. He is best known for his debut novel Watership Down which achieved international acclaim. His other works included Maia, Shardik and The Plague Dogs. He studied Modern History at Worcester College, Oxford, before serving in the British Army during World War II. After completing his studies, he joined the British Civil Service. In 1974, two years after Watership Down was published, Adams became a full-time author.

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Lived 1920 to 2016 · aged 96
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