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Michael morpurgo biography bbc

          Michael Morpurgo is, in his own words, "oldish, married with three children, and a grandfather six times over." Born in , he attended schools in London..



          Find out more about Michael Morpurgo, the popular children's writer and former Children's Laureate The profile below is courtesy of Michael Morpurgo's website.


           Listen to Michael Morpurgo in a Radio 4 trail to the series.
          Michael Morpurgo is, in his own words, "oldish, married with three children, and a grandfather six times over." Born in 1943, he attended schools in London, Sussex and Canterbury (one at least of which was horrible enough to inspire him to describe it obliquely in The Butterfly Lion).

          Michael Morpurgo, the author and former children's laureate, is 76 on Saturday 5 October , and he's beginning to feel his age.

        1. Michael Morpurgo, the author and former children's laureate, is 76 on Saturday 5 October , and he's beginning to feel his age.
        2. Michael spoke to BBC Radio 3 for their series Refuge in Crisis.
        3. Michael Morpurgo is, in his own words, "oldish, married with three children, and a grandfather six times over." Born in , he attended schools in London.
        4. Author Michael Morpurgo on War Horse and Hollywood, and how its sequel Farm Boy is hitting the Edinburgh stage.
        5. Newsround #Michaelmorpurgo #shakespeare Welcome to the official BBC Newsround YouTube channel.

          6. He went on to London University to study English and French, followed by a step into the teaching profession and a job in a primary school in Kent. It was there that he discovered what he wanted to do. "We had to read the children a story every day and my lot were bored by the book I was reading.

          I decided I had to do something and told them the kind of story I used to tell my kids - it was like a soap opera, and