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Edward Blishen
AuthorBooks · Second hand1920-1996
Edward Blishen was an English author and broadcaster. He may be known best for the first of two children's novels based on Greek mythology, written with Leon Garfield, illustrated by Charles Keeping, and published by Longman in 1970. For The God Beneath the Sea, Blishen and Garfield won the 1970 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.
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About Edward Blishen
Birth
1920
Death
1996
Edward Blishen was an English author and broadcaster. He may be known best for the first of two children's novels based on Greek mythology, written with Leon Garfield, illustrated by Charles Keeping, and published by Longman in 1970. For The God Beneath the Sea, Blishen and Garfield won the 1970 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.
Edward Blishen was born in 1920 in the county of Hertfordshire.
His prolific literary career spans a total of 88 published works.
He stood out as a key figure in children's literature and short stories.
He was a renowned British author and broadcaster who left a significant cultural mark.
His most iconic work is the popular Junior Pears Encyclopaedia.
