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Susan Cooper

English-American fantasy writer
Person human Q236848

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[23]
Date of birth
May 23, 1935
Place of birth
Burnham
Country of citizenship
United States, United Kingdom[8][9]
Occupation
writer, science fiction writer, children's writer, journalist, novelist, musician, lyricist, screenwriter[11][12][13]
Educated at
Somerville College, University of Oxford, Upton Court Grammar School[14][15][16]
Award received
Margaret Edwards Award, Newbery Medal, World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature[18][19][20][21][22]
Notable work
The Dark Is Rising Sequence[17]
Spouse
Hume Cronyn
Genre
children's fiction, fantasy[24][25]
Official website
www.thelostland.com[28]
Work location
Marshfield[29]
Nominated for
Carnegie Medal, Mythopoeic Awards, Emmy Award, Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature[32][33][34][35][36][37]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[38]
Birth name
Susan Mary Cooper[39]
Described by source
Iedereen Leest, Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur[30][31]
Family name
Cooper[26]
Given name
Susan[27]
Maintained by WikiProject
Wikiproject Iedereen Leest
Native language
English[10]
P14750
FBA8-7DCD-35AC-6616-C6E7
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
en Susan Cooper en Suzan Cooper en Susan Cooper Cronyn ar سوزان كوبر cs Susan Mary Cooperová cs Susan Cooperová cs Susan Cooper fa سوزان کوپر fr Susan Cooper Cronyn fr Suzan Cooper ja スーザン クーパー ja スーザン・クーパー ko 수잔 쿠퍼 ko 수전 쿠퍼 ru Сьюзэн Купер sv Cooper uk Сьюзен Купер
🔖 Identifiers · 79
ISNI
0000000108991089
VIAF cluster ID
49344224
Library of Congress authority ID
n79055718
GND ID
120249677
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Susan cooper 8313.JPG ↗
AdoroCinema person ID
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Allcinema person ID
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Awards & Winners artist ID
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BAnQ authority ID
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BBC Things ID
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BIBSYS ID
90116784
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
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Babelio author ID
45563
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12598214b
BookBrainz author ID
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CANTIC ID
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CBDB.cz author ID
4922
CONOR.SI ID
14755171
Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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DBC author ID
87097968223652
DBNL author ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
120249677
Databazeknih.cz author ID
1458
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID
cooper_susan
Europeana entity
agent/base/60468
FAST ID
35695
Fancyclopedia 3 ID
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Fantastic Fiction author ID
c/susan-cooper
Film.ru person ID
syuzan-kuper
Freebase ID
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Goodreads author ID
7308
Harper's tag
susan-cooper
IMDb ID
nm0178402
ISFDB author ID
2436
IdRef ID
026798182
Internet Broadway Database person ID
8782
Jeugdliteratuur ID
susan-cooper
Kinobox person ID
1395100
LdiF person ID
27116
Libraries Australia ID
36214536
Libris-URI
sq4662rb53581w6
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
01321/eu_c_0912/c0912
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA11852090, DA04424621
NDL Authority ID
00436606
NE.se ID
susan-cooper
NL CR AUT ID
skuk0002097
NLA Trove people ID
1230601
NLP ID
a0000001040648
NUKAT ID
n99033819
National Library of Brazil ID
000436124
National Library of Greece ID
74841
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000419690
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007279152905171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200606863
National Library of Latvia ID
000015345
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:BPBW;=BH
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810586805205606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1231939
National Virtual Library of India ID
276031
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071210032
NooSFere author ID
-52775
Open Library ID
OL397243A
Quora topic ID
Susan-Cooper-48
Rodovid ID
1071219
SBN author ID
CFIV092262
SELIBR ID
182200
SHARE Catalogue author ID
444179
SNAC ARK ID
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SVKKL authority ID
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Sinemalar person ID
33538
TMDB person ID
23484
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy ID
cooper_susan
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
11698
Unz Review author ID
CooperSusan
Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID
11130
WikiTree person ID
Cooper-44509
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpjgRv7qVcYw4TCprX68C
Yale LUX ID
person/e8ce82bf-bfca-4996-989e-cab3829fbb66

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 8
writer, journalist, musician, screenwriter, lyricist, novelist, children's writer, science fiction writer
Nominated for 4
Emmy Award, Carnegie Medal, Mythopoeic Awards, Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
Award received 3
Newbery Medal, Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, Margaret Edwards Award
Country of citizenship 2
United States, United Kingdom
Educated at 2
University of Oxford, Somerville College
Works by author 2
The Dark Is Rising, The Dark Is Rising Sequence
Family name 1
Cooper
Films written 1
The Nutcracker
Genre 1
fantasy
Given name 1
Susan
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Native language 1
English
Notable work 1
The Dark Is Rising Sequence
Place of birth 1
Burnham
Sex or gender 1
female
Spouse 1
Hume Cronyn
Spouses 1
Hume Cronyn
Work location 1
Marshfield
Writing language 1
English
← After a work by 1
The Seeker
← FactGrid item ID 1
Redding
← Winner 1
Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award
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Summary

Susan Cooper was born on May 23, 1935[1], in Burnham[2]. She has worked as a writer[3], science fiction writer[4], children's writer[5], journalist[6], and novelist[7].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to her include The Dark Is Rising Sequence[40], a literary pentalogy[41] and The Dark Is Rising[42], a literary work[43].

FAQs

Where was Susan Cooper born?

Susan Cooper was born in Burnham[2].

What did Susan Cooper do for work?

Susan Cooper worked as a writer[3], science fiction writer[4], children's writer[5], journalist[6], and novelist[7].

Where did Susan Cooper go to school?

Susan Cooper was educated at Somerville College[14], University of Oxford[15], and Upton Court Grammar School[16].

What awards did Susan Cooper receive?

Honors received include Margaret Edwards Award[18], Newbery Medal[19], World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement[20], and Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award[21].

Related Entities

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  1. [2] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [24] ↑ . Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [25] ↑ . Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . sfadb.com. Retrieved . sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . rsliterature.org. Retrieved . rsliterature.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . dbnl.org. Retrieved . dbnl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . isfdb.org. Retrieved . isfdb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . isfdb.org. Retrieved . isfdb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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