His Dark Materials

His Dark Materials is a trilogy of novels by the fantasy fiction author Philip Pullman, comprising Northern Lights (released as The Golden Compass in the United States), The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. The trilogy has also been published as a single-volume omnibus in the UK, titled simply "His Dark Materials".

Awards

The Amber Spyglass won the 2002 Whitbread Book of the Year award, a prestigious British literature award. This is the first time that such an award has been bestowed on a book from their "children's literature" category.

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2002 - Whitbread Book of the Year - British

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The first volume, Northern Lights, won the Carnegie Medal for children's fiction in the UK in 1995.

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Carnegie Medal - 1995

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On May 19, 2005, Pullman was invited to the British Library in London to be formally congratulated for his work by culture secretary Tessa Jowell "on behalf of the government"; he is to receive the Swedish government's Astrid Lindgren memorial award for children's and youth literature. The prize, second only to the Nobel prize for literature, is worth £385,000.

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May 19 - 2005 - British Library - Culture secretary - Tessa Jowell - Astrid Lindgren - Nobel prize

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The trilogy came third in the 2003 BBC's Big Read, a national poll of viewers' favourite books; it was the only one in the top five not to have a screen adaption at that time. Lord of the Rings came in first, and Pride and Prejudice came in second.

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2003 - BBC - Big Read - Lord of the Rings - Pride and Prejudice

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