Did Richard Adams become a full-time author before or after creating the Lapine language?
Richard Adams Richard George Adams (9 May 1920 – 24 December 2016) was an English novelist who is best known as the author of "Watership Down", "Shardik" and "The Plague Dogs". He studied modern history at university before serving in the British Army during World War II. Afterwards, he completed his studies, and then joined the British Civil Service. In 1974, two years after "Watership Down" was published, Adams became a full-time author.
List of Watership Down characters This is a list of characters in "Watership Down", a 1972 novel by Richard Adams. The majority also appear in the 1978 feature film adaptation, the 1999 television series adaptation and/or 1996 follow-up collection of short stories.