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Michael Rosen

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  • Born
    May 7, 1946 · Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK
  • Birth name
    Michael Wayne Rosen

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  • Michael Rosen is a writer, broadcaster and teacher. He is Professor of Children's Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London. He was the UK's Children's Laureate from 2007 to 2009. Since 1998 he has presented Word Of Mouth, BBC Radio 4's weekly show about the English Language.

    He is married to Emma-Louise Williams.
    - IMDb mini biography by: AS

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  • Children's novelist and poet
  • A major supporter of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party.

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  • Sometimes I don't want to talk about it. Not to anyone. No one. No one at all. I just want to think about it on my own. Because it is mine. And no one else's.
  • Living with a dog is one way to retain something of a child's spirit.
  • Commitment is not a barrier to freedom. Commitment is the *exercise* of freedom, the act of making a choice or decision and meaning it. The one without the other is meaningless.
  • Anyone who was once a child should have at least one children's book in them.
  • Writing can be a bit like unfolding something... Slowly, the writer reveals what's happening. But that's only half of what's going on. Writers are very cunning people who are not only unfolding and revealing. Just like conjurors and magicians, they are hiding stuff too.

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