Awards & Winners

Peter Dickinson

Date of Birth 16-December-1927
Place of Birth Livingstone
(Zambia, Southern Province)
Nationality England
Also know as Peter Malcolm De Brissac Dickinson
Profession Novelist, Writer, Poet
Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson OBE FRSL is a prolific English author and poet, best known for children's books and detective stories. Dickinson won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association for both Tulku and City of Gold, recognising each as the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject. Through 2012 he is one of seven writers to win two Carnegies; no one has won three. He was also a highly commended runner-up for Eva and four times a commended runner-up. For his contribution as a children's writer Dickinson was a finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2000.

Awards by Peter Dickinson

Check all the awards nominated and won by Peter Dickinson.

2008


Phoenix Award
Honored for : Eva

2005


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Award Nominated Nominated Work
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2004


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Carnegie Medal in Literature Inside Grandad
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Locus Award for Best Young-Adult Book The Tears of the Salamander

2003


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Award Nominated Nominated Work
Carnegie Medal in Literature The Tears of the Salamander

2002


Grand Prix de Littérature Policière - International Category
Honored for : One foot in the grave
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature
Honored for : The Ropemaker

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Award Nominated Nominated Work
Michael L. Printz Award The Ropemaker
Honor Book
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature The Ropemaker

2001


Phoenix Award
Honored for : The Seventh Raven

1986


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Award Nominated Nominated Work
World Fantasy Award for Best Novella Flight

1980


Carnegie Medal in Literature
Honored for : City of Gold and Other Stories from the Old Testament

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Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Art Book The Flight of Dragons

1979


Carnegie Medal in Literature
Honored for : Tulku

1977


Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
Honored for : The Blue Hawk

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Award Nominated Nominated Work
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize The Blue Hawk

1970


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Edgar Award for Best Novel The Old English Peep Show

1969


Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Novel The Glass-Sided Ants' Nest