Aidan Chambers
Aidan Chambers | |
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Chambers in 2012 | |
| Born | 27 December 1934 Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England |
| Died | 11 May 2025 (aged 90) |
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| Period | 1967–2020 |
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| Spouse | Nancy Chambers |
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Aidan Chambers (27 December 1934 – 11 May 2025) was a British author of children's and young-adult novels. He won both the British Carnegie Medal and the American Printz Award for Postcards from No Man's Land (1999). For his "lasting contribution to children's literature" he won the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002.