← Back to explore
Biography
Michael Wayne Rosen is an English children's author, poet, presenter, political columnist, broadcaster, activist, and academic, who is a professor of children's literature in the Department of Educational Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has written more than 200 books for children and adults. Select books include We're Going on a Bear Hunt (1989) and Sad Book (2004). He served as Children's Laureate from June 2007 to June 2009. He won the 2023 PEN Pinter Prize, awarded by English PEN, for his "fearless" body of work.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
Awards & recognition
- Fred and Anne Jarvis Award · 2010
- Children's Laureate · 2007
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature · 2006
- honorary doctorate · 2005
- Eleanor Farjeon Award · 1997
Show all 13 awards →
- Nestlé Children's Book Prize · 1989
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
- Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing
- Hans Christian Andersen Award · 2026 · nominated
- Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award · 2011 · nominated
- Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award · 2006 · nominated
- Nestlé Children's Book Prize · 2005 · nominated
- Carnegie Medal · 2004 · nominated
