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- Q15430212 description "British children's writer".
- Q15430212 description "British children's writer".
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- Q15430212 abstract "William Jesse Corbett (21 February 1938 – 2003) was an English children's writer. Born and raised in Birmingham, Warwickshire, he joined the British Merchant Navy at the age of 16 and later worked in physical training for the British Army, among other jobs. He decided to become a writer and wrote The Song of Pentecost, featuring the adventures of a group of mice who travel to a new home. It was published by Methuen in 1982, a 215-page novel with illustrations by Martin Ursell. It was an international bestseller and the 1982 Whitbread Awards Children's Book of the Year. He followed with two sequels and several other books.Beside the Pentecost trilogy (1982 to 1987), the books by Corbett most widely held in WorldCat libraries are The Ark of the People (1998) and The Quest for the End of the Tail (2000), featuring the tiny Willow People. Those were first two of three 300-page novels published by Hodder Children's Books, sometimes called the Ark of the People series.Corbett died in February 2003 and two more books were published later that year.".
- Q15430212 alias "Corbett, William Jesse (full name)".
- Q15430212 birthDate "1938-02-21".
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- Q15430212 birthYear "1938".
- Q15430212 deathDate "2003".
- Q15430212 deathYear "2003".
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- Q15430212 alternativeNames "Corbett, William Jesse".
- Q15430212 dateOfBirth "1938-02-21".
- Q15430212 dateOfDeath "2003".
- Q15430212 name "Corbett, W J".
- Q15430212 placeOfBirth "Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK".
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- Q15430212 comment "William Jesse Corbett (21 February 1938 – 2003) was an English children's writer. Born and raised in Birmingham, Warwickshire, he joined the British Merchant Navy at the age of 16 and later worked in physical training for the British Army, among other jobs. He decided to become a writer and wrote The Song of Pentecost, featuring the adventures of a group of mice who travel to a new home. It was published by Methuen in 1982, a 215-page novel with illustrations by Martin Ursell.".
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