Richard George Adams FRSL (10 May 1920 [a] – 24 December 2016) was an English novelist. He is best known for his debut novel Watership Down which achieved international acclaim. His other works included Maia, Shardik and The Plague Dogs.

Dec 20, 2024 · Richard Adams (born May 9, 1920, Wash Common, Berkshire [now West Berkshire], England—died December 24, 2016) was an English author known for reinvigorating the genre of anthropomorphic fiction, most notably with the beloved children’s book Watership Down (1972; film 1978), a novel that presents a naturalistic tale of the travails of a ...

Richard Adams or Richard George Adams, a renowned English writer, came into the world on May 9, 1920, in Berkshire, England. His father, Evelyn George Beadon Adams, was a doctor, and his mother, Lillian Rosa, took care of their home.

Watership Down is an adventure novel by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972. Set in Hampshire in southern England, the story features a small group of rabbits.

Dec 27, 2016 · Richard Adams, the British novelist who became one of the world’s best-selling authors with his first book, “Watership Down,” a tale of rabbits whose adventures in a pastoral realm of epic ...

Dec 27, 2016 · Yet Richard Adams, who has died aged 96, spent his first 52 years in relative anonymity. And when he did complete his book, he struggled to find anyone to publish it.

Dec 24, 2016 · Richard Adams Average rating: 4.07 · 529,035 ratings · 22,126 reviews · 86 distinct works • Similar authors Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)

Richard George Adams (9 May 1920 – 24 December 2016) was an English author. His most famous book, Watership Down, began as a story to tell his daughters. [1] Adams won both important British children's book awards, the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Adams was in the British Army during World War II.

Richard Adams emerged suddenly and memorably as a writer of imaginative fiction and children’s books in the early 1970’s. He was born to Evelyn George Beadon Adams, a surgeon, and his wife ...

May 8, 2020 · Adams may have insisted his bestselling book was 'just about rabbits', but Watership Down's brutal exploration of humanity and ethics remains pertinent today.