Connection with Oxford
The Lyra’s Oxford was published in 2003 as a short book. This story is set in Oxford two years after the end of The Amber spyglass. The story is about a witch that wants vengeance because of the death of his son in the Authority war and takes to Lyra to a trap. The birds save her miraculously and she met an alchemist that had been the lover of the witch.
In 1463 he attended to Exeter College, Oxford; Taught middle school in summertown; taught part time at Westminster college, Oxford.
Films
One of his bestselling books is now one of the most important films in the U.K. The book is named “The Golden Compass”, this film was made in 2007 directed by Chris Weitz. It talks about the story of Lyra Belacqua and her journeys to the North Pole to find some of her best friends and other people from the terrible experiments by a mysterious organization. Some of the scenes in the movie take place in Oxford.
Interviews
When Philip Pullman was interviewed he said that if someone asks him about the meaning or the message he is trying to send from his books he will never told them the meaning or the message because it depends in you to understand it.
Awards
Philip pullman has written a lot of books, the most important and more famous have been the thrilogy called The Dark Materials, and a fictionalized Biography of Jesus.
The first book of the dark materials has been turned into the film The Golden Compass, also the books sally lockharts, I Was a Rat has been adapted to the television.
He also has written a lot of short stories more like fairy tales.
He has won a lot of prices; the prices he have won are:
1995 British Fantasy Award (shortlist) Northern Lights1996 British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year Northern Lights
1996 Carnegie Medal Northern Lights
1996 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (joint winner) Northern Lights
1996 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Gold Award) (9-11 years category) The Firework Maker's Daughter
1997 Carnegie Medal (shortlist) Clockwork
1997 Whitbread Children's Book Award (shortlist) Clockwork
2000 British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year The Amber Spyglass
2001 British Book Awards Author of the Year
2001 Whitbread Book of the Year The Amber Spyglass
2001 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (shortlist) The Amber Spyglass
2002 Eleanor Farjeon Award
2003 British Book Awards Audiobook of the Year (shortlist) His Dark Materials
2003 British Book Awards Author of the Year (shortlist)
2003 British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year (shortlist) Lyra's Oxford
2005 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (Sweden) (joint winner)
2005 Carnegie Medal (shortlist) The Scarecrow and his Servant
2005 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (shortlist, 9-11 years category) The Scarecrow and his Servant
2007 Carnegie of Carnegies Northern Lights
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