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to his two daughters on a car trip. They eventually insisted that he publish it as a book. He began writing in 1966, taking two years to complete it. In 1972, after four publishers and three writers' agencies turned down the manuscript,
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newspaper's prize winner is selected by British children's writers, "peers" of the author who has not yet won it, for one children's (age 7+) or young-adult fiction book. Details regarding author and publisher nationality have
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in Virginia. Adams was the recipient of the inaugural Whitchurch Arts Award for inspiration in January 2010, presented at the Watership Down pub in
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sold over a million copies worldwide. Adams won both of the most prestigious British children's book awards, one of six authors to do so: the
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After leaving the army in 1946, Adams returned to Worcester College to continue his studies for a further two years. He received a
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In 1949, Adams married Barbara Elizabeth, daughter of RAF Squadron-Leader Edward Fox Dyke Acland, son of the barrister and judge
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Cooper, Jonathan (11 March 1985). "Richard Adams Follows Up Watership Down and Shardik with An Erotic Epic Called Maia".
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presented him with a painting by a local artist. Adams wrote a poetic piece celebrating his home of the past 28 years.
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Jungian analyst Vera von der Heydt interviewed by novelist Richard Adams in 1978 - CG Jung Institute of Los Angeles
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agreed to publish the work. The book gained international acclaim almost immediately for reinvigorating
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and was selected for the Airborne Company, where he worked as a brigade liaison. He served in
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While most sources give Adams's date of birth as 9 May 1920, his entry in the
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confer the Carnegie and select the winner from all British children's books.
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, vol. 2, R. Reginald, 1979, pg 790.
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Hamley, Dennis (2020). "Adams, Richard George (1920–2016), author".
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Richard Adams's Desert Island Discs appearance - 5 November 1977
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which achieved international acclaim. His other works included
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Until his death, Adams lived with his wife in Church Street,
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Adams originally began telling the story that would become
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At one point, Adams served as writer-in-residence at the
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Wiltshire Society. March 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
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Civil servants in the Department of the Environment
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Oxford University Press. 585:, from complications of heart failure and a 399:After graduating in 1948, Adams joined the 2240:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature 2019: 2005: 1997: 1881: 1867: 1859: 1836: 1118:(Supplement). 3 January 1941. p. 115. 57: 38: 30:For other people named Richard Adams, see 2245:Guardian Children's Fiction Prize winners 1307:"Royal Society of Literature All Fellows" 1171: 1169: 1167: 1165: 1163: 465:Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature 2185:British expatriates in the United States 1817:at the Internet Book Database of Fiction 1580:Adams, Richard; Lockley, Ronald (1982). 1083:McFadden, Robert D. (27 December 2016). 409:Ministry of Housing and Local Government 2124: 1645:. Whitchurcharts.org.uk. Archived from 1204: 1202: 1200: 1020:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 1004: 960:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 953: 951: 947: 360:from 1933 to 1938. 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Index

Richard Adams (author)
Richard Adams (disambiguation)
FRSL
Adams reads from Watership Down, 2008
Watership Down
Newbury, Berkshire
Oxford
Worcester College, Oxford
BA
MA
Children's literature
adventure
fantasy
Watership Down
Shardik
The Plague Dogs
The Girl in a Swing
Carnegie Medal
Guardian Prize

FRSL
Watership Down
Maia
Shardik
The Plague Dogs
Modern History
Worcester College, Oxford
British Army during World War II
British Civil Service
Newbury

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