| LC control no. | n 79046222 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Westall, Robert |
| Birth date | 1929 |
| Death date | 1993 |
| Place of birth | Tynemouth (England) |
| Field of activity | Children's books |
| Profession or occupation | Novelists Art teachers |
| Found in | His The machine gunners, c1975. His Ghost abbey, c1988: t.p. (Robert Westall) vita (b. 1929 in Tynemouth, England) Shades of darkness, 1994: CIP t.p. (Robert Westall) info. from pub. (d. 1993) His The witness, 1994: title page (Robert Westall) jacket (Robert Westall was born in 1929 on Tyneside, where he grew up during the Second World War. He worked for more than twenty-five years as an art teacher in the North of England. His first novel for children, The machine gunners, was published by Macmilllan in 1975. It was an instant success and was awarded the Carnegie Medal. He won the Carnegie again in 1982 for The scarecrows (the first writer to win the Medal twice). Between 1985 and his death in 1993, he retired to devote himself to writing) |
| Associated language | eng |
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