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Philip Pullman, English author and academic

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Philip Pullman

English author (born 1946)

Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman is an English writer. He is best known for the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials. The first volume, Northern Lights (1995), won the Carnegie Medal and later the "Carnegie of Carnegies". The third volume, The Amber Spyglass (2000), won the…
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October 19

Day of the year

October 19 is the 292nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 73 days remain until the end of the year.
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