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Recognition and legacy

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Born: (1934-10-17) 17 October 1934 (age 91) Congleton, Cheshire, England
Genres: Children's fantasy, low fantasy, folklore
Notable awards: Carnegie Medal 1967 Guardian Prize 1968
Notable works: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen · The Moon of Gomrath · Elidor · The Owl Service · The Stone Book Quartet
Occupations: Writer · folklorist
Period: 1960–present

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Biography

Manchester
Means-tested Means test
Sprinting Sprint (running)
Alan Turing
Disney Walt Disney Animation Studios
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
National service
Royal Artillery
Woolwich
Southeast London South East (London sub region)
Aeschylus
Homer
Ancient Greek language
Classics
Magdalen College, Oxford
Mark Antony
William Shakespeare
Antony and Cleopatra
Dudley Moore
Kenneth Baker Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking
Oddfellow
Svart alfar Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar
Collins William Collins, Sons
J. R. R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings
Brollachan
Radio play
Math fab Mathonwy
Mabinogion
Carnegie Medal Carnegie Medal (literary award)

Personal life

Mike Pitts Mike Pitts (archaeologist)

Literary style

Catherine Butler Charles Butler (author)
Times Literary Supplement
Jung Carl Jung
Plato
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Silbury Silbury Hill
Coventry Cathedral
Slum clearance Slum clearance in the United Kingdom
Britten Benjamin Britten
War Requiem

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John Stride
Jackanory
The Owl Service The Owl Service (TV series)
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Dramarama Dramarama (TV series)
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Suzanne Shaw
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The Hamish Hamilton Book of Goblins The Hamish Hamilton Book of Goblins?action=edit&redlink=1
The Guizer: A Book of Fools The Guizer: A Book of Fools?action=edit&redlink=1
The Lad of the Gad The Lad of the Gad?action=edit&redlink=1
Fairytales of Gold Fairytales of Gold?action=edit&redlink=1
Michael Foreman Michael Foreman (illustrator)
Book of British Fairy Tales Book of British Fairy Tales?action=edit&redlink=1
Derek Collard Derek Collard?action=edit&redlink=1
A Bag of Moonshine A Bag of Moonshine?action=edit&redlink=1
P. J. Lynch
Once Upon a Time Once Upon a Time (1993 short story)?action=edit&redlink=1
Collected Folk Tales Collected Folk Tales?action=edit&redlink=1
Holly from the Bongs: A Nativity Play Holly from the Bongs: A Nativity Play?action=edit&redlink=1
The Old Man of Mow The Old Man of Mow?action=edit&redlink=1
The Breadhorse The Breadhorse?action=edit&redlink=1
Jack and the Beanstalk Jack and the Beanstalk (Garner book)?action=edit&redlink=1
Julek Heller Julek Heller?action=edit&redlink=1
The Little Red Hen The Little Red Hen (Garner book)?action=edit&redlink=1
The Well of the Wind The Well of the Wind?action=edit&redlink=1
Grey Wolf, Prince Jack and the Firebird Grey Wolf, Prince Jack and the Firebird?action=edit&redlink=1
The Voice That Thunders The Voice That Thunders?action=edit&redlink=1
Where Shall We Run To? Where Shall We Run To??action=edit&redlink=1
Powsels and Thrums Powsels and Thrums?action=edit&redlink=1

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Alan Garner

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related to Recognition and legacy · 15

Alan Garner → Alan Garner's, Brisingamen, Britain's, British, Children's Literature Association Quarterly, David Almond, Garner, HarperCollins, His Dark Materials, In, Maria Nikolajeva, Philip Pullman, Susan Cooper, The, The Weirdstone

related to Further reading · 12

Alan Garner → Butler, Charles, Children's Fantasies, Culture, Diana Wynne Jones, Four British Fantasists, ISBN, Lanham MD, Penelope Lively, Place, Scarecrow, Susan Cooper

related to Literary style · 11

Alan Garner → Although Garner's, An, Everything Alan Garner, Garner, Garner's, He, Highlighting Garner's, It, Neil Philip, Philip, Time

related to External links · 9

Alan Garner → Congress, Garner, IMDbAlan Garner, Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseAlan, Library, Oregon Special Collections, The GuardianAlan Garner, University, University Archives

Notable works · 5

Alan Garner → Elidor, The Moon of Gomrath, The Owl Service, The Stone Book Quartet, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen

Occupations · 2

Alan Garner → folklorist, Writer

Born · 1

Alan Garner → (1934-10-17) 17 October 1934 (age 91) Congleton, Cheshire, England

Genres · 1

Alan Garner → Children's fantasy, low fantasy, folklore

Notable awards · 1

Alan Garner → Carnegie Medal 1967 Guardian Prize 1968

Period · 1

Alan Garner → 1960–present

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Alan Garner	Genres	Children's fantasy, low fantasy, folklore	1.00	infobox
Alan Garner	Notable awards	Carnegie Medal 1967 Guardian Prize 1968	1.00	infobox
Alan Garner	Notable works	The Weirdstone of Brisingamen	1.00	infobox
Alan Garner	Notable works	The Moon of Gomrath	1.00	infobox
Alan Garner	Notable works	Elidor	1.00	infobox
Alan Garner	Notable works	The Owl Service	1.00	infobox
Alan Garner	Notable works	The Stone Book Quartet	1.00	infobox
Alan Garner	Occupations	Writer	1.00	infobox
Alan Garner	Occupations	folklorist	1.00	infobox
Alan Garner	Period	1960–present	1.00	infobox
Alan Garner	Spouse	Griselda Garner (m. 1972)	1.00	infobox

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