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QUESTIONS WRITING BABE |
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The Life of Dick King-Smith
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Dick King-Smith was born and raised in Gloucestershire, England, surrounded by pet animals. After twenty years as a farmer, he turned to teaching and then to writing children's books. Dick writes mostly about animals: farmyard fantasy, as he likes to call it, often about pigs, his special favorites. He enjoys writing for children, meeting the children who read his books, and knowing that they get enjoyment from what he does. |
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Among his well-loved books is Babe, The Gallant Pig, which was recently made into a major motion picture, and was nominated for an Academy Award. Dick currently lives with his wife in a small 17th-century cottage, about three miles from the house where he was born. |
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Other facts about me: I have been happily married for 55 and a half years to a girl I met at age 13; live in a beautiful old cottage in a tiny village; don't like nuts, turnips or pineapples; love the English countryside and would probably die immediately if forced to live in a town; and am a very happy man doing what is in effect my hobby for a living, i.e. writing stories for children.
PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH:
Bitten, Gloucestershire; 27 March 1922
FAVOURITE BOOK:
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
MOST TREASURED POSSESSION:
A very small china owl, given to me by my mother's mother.
FAVOURITE SONG:
'Spread a little happiness' by Sonnie Hale
FAVOURITE FILM:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
