Peter Dickinson
Sign in to saveAlso known as Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson, Hon. Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson
English children's writer (1927–2015)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1927
- Died
- 2015
- Works
- 171
Top works
- Water
- Fire
- Tefuga
- Diez figuras
- ha-Dubah ha-meraḳedet
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Peter Dickinson (born November 15, 1934) is an English composer, musicologist, and pianist. He was born in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, and studied organ at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he was a student of Philip Radcliffe. In 1958 he became a student at the Juilliard School in New York City, and studied with Bernard Wagenaar, and encountered the works of experimental composers such as Henry Cowell, John Cage, and Edgard Varèse. Returning to England in 1962 <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Family name
- Dickinson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Zimbabwe
- Place of birth
- Livingstone
- Place of death
- Winchester
- Spouse
- Robin McKinley
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- fantasy literature
- Official website
- www.peterdickinson.com
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- date of birth
- 1927-12-16
- honorific prefix
- The Honourable
- date of death
- 2015-01-01
- influenced by
- Rudyard Kipling
- member of
- Royal Society of Literature
- different from
- Peter Dickinson
- writing language
- English language
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
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