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Michael Rosen

1946 - Today

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Michael Wayne Rosen (born 7 May 1946) 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 over 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Michael Rosen is the 6,493rd most popular writer (down from 6,366th in 2024), the 5,855th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,526th in 2019) and the 655th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Michael Rosen ranks 6,493 out of 7,302. Before him are Damon Lindelof, Colley Cibber, Louis de Bernières, Mark Akenside, Compton Mackenzie, and George S. Kaufman. After him are Ti-Grace Atkinson, Ayi Kwei Armah, Saunders Lewis, Yulia Latynina, Sandra Cisneros, and Sylvia Browne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Michael Rosen ranks 764. Before him are Nigel Hitchin, Cameron Mackintosh, Holly Woodlawn, Al Lowe, Mike Beebe, and Dennis Muren. After him are Haji, Samuel E. Wright, Tim Thomerson, Ben Vereen, Julie Covington, and Jimmy Webb.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Rosen ranks 5,857 out of 8,785. Before him are Gillian Sheen (1928), Zoella (1990), Compton Mackenzie (1883), Will Poulter (1993), Harry Pollitt (1890), and Alan Cottrell (1919). After him are Anna Chancellor (1965), Saunders Lewis (1893), Stephen Wiltshire (1974), Reg Presley (1941), Julian Lloyd Webber (1951), and W. H. R. Rivers (1864).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Michael Rosen ranks 655. Before him are George MacDonald Fraser (1925), Thomas Hughes (1822), Colley Cibber (1671), Louis de Bernières (1954), Mark Akenside (1721), and Compton Mackenzie (1883). After him are Saunders Lewis (1893), Bernardine Evaristo (1959), Walter Besant (1836), Naomi Mitchison (1897), Elizabeth Inchbald (1753), and Caryl Churchill (1938).

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