| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:human 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:King's_College_London 
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                                | gptkbp:awardReceived | gptkb:Knight_Bachelor gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
 gptkb:Whitbread_Children's_Book_Award
 gptkb:Blue_Peter_Book_Award
 gptkb:Children's_Laureate
 gptkb:Red_House_Children's_Book_Award
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthName | gptkb:Michael_Andrew_Bridge_Morpurgo 
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                                | gptkbp:countryOfCitizenship | gptkb:United_Kingdom 
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                                | gptkbp:dateOfBirth | 1943-10-05 
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                                | gptkbp:founded | gptkb:Farms_for_City_Children 
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                                | gptkbp:genre | gptkb:children's_literature gptkb:novel
 historical fiction
 
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                                | gptkbp:hasChild | three children 
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                                | gptkbp:honorificPrefix | Sir 
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                                | gptkbp:influencedBy | gptkb:Ernest_Hemingway gptkb:J.R.R._Tolkien
 gptkb:Robert_Louis_Stevenson
 gptkb:Rudyard_Kipling
 gptkb:Ted_Hughes
 gptkb:Seán_O'Casey
 gptkb:Paul_Gallico
 gptkb:Laurie_Lee
 
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                                | gptkbp:languageOfWork | English 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Literature 
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                                | gptkbp:notableWork | gptkb:Farm_Boy gptkb:War_Horse
 gptkb:Running_Wild
 gptkb:Kensuke's_Kingdom
 gptkb:Private_Peaceful
 gptkb:The_Amazing_Story_of_Adolphus_Tips
 gptkb:The_Butterfly_Lion
 gptkb:The_Mozart_Question
 gptkb:The_Wreck_of_the_Zanzibar
 gptkb:Why_the_Whales_Came
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:playwright gptkb:author
 gptkb:novelist
 gptkb:writer
 
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                                | gptkbp:placeOfBirth | gptkb:St_Albans 
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                                | gptkbp:residence | gptkb:Devon 
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                                | gptkbp:signature | Michael Morpurgo signature.svg 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Clare_Morpurgo 
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                                | gptkbp:subjectOf | gptkb:War_Horse_(film_adaptation) gptkb:War_Horse_(stage_adaptation)
 
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                                | gptkbp:website | https://www.michaelmorpurgo.com/ 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:King's_College_School 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Sir Michael Morpurgo 
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