Peter Carter (author)
Peter Carter | |
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Wadham College (MA, 1962) | |
Notable awards | Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (1981) |
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Peter Carter (13 August 1929 – 21 July 1999) was a British writer of children's books, primarily
Personal life and education
Carter was born in
Carter's first wife Lois Wilkinson died after one year, during his time at Oxford.[1] He later married Gudrun Willege, a German photographer[2] —or Ulrike Willige[1]— and moved to Hamburg, Germany, in 1976.[2] Later they divorced and remarried; he moved or visited back and forth.[1] He married four times in all, and had one stepson.[1]
On 21 July 1999 Carter died from
Career
Carter worked as a school teacher from 1963 to 1976, then a full-time writer until his death in 1999.
For Under Goliath (Oxford, 1977) he was a commended runner-up for the
Awards and honours
Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1978 | Under Goliath | Carnegie Medal | Commended | [3] |
1981 | The Sentinels | Guardian Children's Fiction Prize | Winner | [4][5] |
1981 | The Sentinels | Premio Europeo di Letteratura Giovanile | Winner | [citation needed] |
1982 | Children of the Book | Young Observer/Rank Organisation Fiction prize[clarification needed] | Winner | [citation needed] |
1982 | Children of the Book | Preis der Leseratten | Winner | [citation needed] |
1987 | Bury the Dead | Young Observer Teenage Fiction Award | Winner | [6] |
Publications
All of Carter's books were published by Oxford University Press.[1]
- The Black Lamp (1973), illustrated by David Harris
- The Gates of Paradise (1974), illus. Fermin Rocker
- Madatan (1974), illus. Victor Ambrus
- Mao (1976), a biography
- Under Goliath (1977)
- The Sentinels (1980)
- Children of the Book (1982)
- Captain Teachum's Buried Treasure (1989), illus. Korky Paul
- Bury the Dead (1987)
- Leaving Cheyenne (1990); U.S. title, Borderlands
- The Hunted (1993)
- Fairy Tales from Grimm retold by Carter (Oxford, 1999)
See also
Notes
- ^ Today there are usually eight books on the Carnegie Medal shortlist. According to CCSU, there were about 160 commendations of two kinds in 49 years from 1954 to 2002, including Carter and two others for 1977.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Obituary: Peter Carter" Archived 14 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Elizabeth Hodgkin. The Independent. 24 August 1999.
- ^ a b c "Peter Carter". Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 30 September 2013. LC cites Contemporary Authors Online Archived 14 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 2003 (use during 2003 or use of 2003 edition?).
- ^ a b "Carnegie Medal Award" Archived 27 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine. 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched: Entry details and list of past winners" Archived 27 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine. The Guardian. 12 March 2001. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
External links
- Peter Carter at Library of Congress Authorities – with 11 catalogue records
WARNING: WorldCat conflates at least two distinct writers named Peter Carter. See the header far above.