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Philip Pullman

Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman (born 19 October 1946) is an English writer. He is best known for the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials. The first volume, Northern Lights (1995), won the Carnegie Medal and later the "Carnegie of Carnegies". The third volume, The Amber Spyglass (2000), won the Whitbread Award. In 2017, he started a companion trilogy…

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Genre
Fantasy
Occupation
Novelist
Alma mater
Exeter College, Oxford
Education
English
Born
(1946-10-19) 19 October 1946 (age 79) Norwich, England
Children
2

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Early life and education

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His Dark Materials

The Book of Dust

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Personal life

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Philip Pullman

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Philip Pullman

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Notable works · 4
Philip Pullman → Clockwork, or All Wound Up, His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
Alma mater · 1
Philip Pullman → Exeter College, Oxford
Born · 1
Philip Pullman → (1946-10-19) 19 October 1946 (age 79) Norwich, England
Children · 1
Philip Pullman → 2
Education · 1
Philip Pullman → English
Genre · 1
Philip Pullman → Fantasy
Notable awards · 1
Philip Pullman → Carnegie Medal 1995 Guardian Prize 1996 Astrid Lindgren Award 2005

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Philip PullmanAlma materExeter College, Oxford1.00infobox
Philip PullmanBorn(1946-10-19) 19 October 1946 (age 79) Norwich, England1.00infobox
Philip PullmanChildren21.00infobox
Philip PullmanEducationEnglish1.00infobox
Philip PullmanGenreFantasy1.00infobox
Philip PullmanNotable awardsCarnegie Medal 1995 Guardian Prize 1996 Astrid Lindgren Award 20051.00infobox
Philip PullmanNotable worksHis Dark Materials1.00infobox
Philip PullmanNotable worksClockwork, or All Wound Up1.00infobox
Philip PullmanNotable worksThe Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ1.00infobox
Philip PullmanNotable worksThe Book of Dust1.00infobox
Philip PullmanOccupationNovelist1.00infobox
Philip PullmanParent(s)Alfred Outram Pullman Audrey Evelyn Merrifield1.00infobox
Philip PullmanRelativesOutram Marshall (great-grandfather)1.00infobox
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