Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan

 

 

 

 

 

Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan

(September 15, 1890 - January 12, 1976)

  

 

 

 

 

 

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English writer, "the queen of detective". Agatha Christie was born on September 15, 1890, in Torquay , Devon, England. Agatha education, early lost his father, my mother worked. In 1914 she married Archibald Christie pilot (Colonel Archibald Christie). During the First World War, Agatha Miller worked as a nurse in a military hospital, studied pharmacology. At the same time, in between duty, began to write detective stories. In her own words, write Agatha started from a simple imitation of his sister, already published in the journal. The young novelist felt that readers would react with prejudice to the fact that the author of detective stories is a woman, and wanted to take a pseudonym Martin West Mostyn or Gray. Publisher insisted on retaining their own name and surname of the writer, convincing her that the name of Agatha was a rare and memorable. Novels, not falling into a detective, went under the pseudonym Mary Uestmakkot (Mary Westmacott). Results under this pseudonym was printed 10 novels. In print, the first novel by Agatha Christie ("Mysterious crime Stiles"; The Mysterious Affair at Styles) appeared in 1920. At the same time "appeared" and the Belgian private detective Hercule Poirot (Hercule Poirot), who found himself in the future hero of 25 novels by Agatha Christie.The debut of the other "private detective" - ​​Miss Marple - took place in 1930 godu when the band released the novel "Murder in the house of the vicar" (Murder at the Vicarage).This reader's success came to Agatha Christie in 1926, when the stores was released novel "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd). Popularity of the writer, and contributed to the fact that its detectives were published not only as separate books, but also published in the periodical press in Britain and the United States. In 1957, screens out the first film based on the play by Agatha Christie ("Witness for the Prosecution"; Witness for the Prosecution). 
 
In 1926, Agatha's mother died, and her husband, Colonel Archibald Christie, demanded a divorce. The reaction of Agatha Christie was so unexpected that the writer herself in the future could hardly explain it: Agatha disappeared. Within a few days looking for it hard, and finally found the hotel, registered under the name ... women, which was going to marry her husband. In 1928 Agatha married Archibald Christie, and from which the daughter Rosalind (Rosalind), ended in divorce. In 1930, Agatha Christie married a second time, for the archaeologist Sir Max Mallovana (Sir Max Mallowan). Since then, she regularly spent several months a year in Syria and Iraq on expeditions with her husband.Agatha Christie died on January 12, 1976 in Wellington, Oxfordshire. Currently (September 2003) in England living grandson of Agatha Christie - Matthew Pritchard  
Agatha Christie - the author of over a hundred short stories, 17 plays, 70 novels have been translated into 103 languages.Among the works - a series of novels and stories about the detective work of Miss Jane Marple and Hercule Poirot, Mr. "mysterious crime Stiles" (The Mysterious Affair at Styles; 1920, novel), "Poirot investigates" (1924), "The Mystery of chimney" (1925 ), "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd; 1926 novel), "Murder at the Vicar's house" (Murder at the Vicarage; 1930 novel), "Orient Express" (1934, novel), "Death on the Nile "(1937)," N or M? "(1941)," Separated spring "(Absent in the Spring; 1944, the novel was published under the pseudonym Mary Uestmakkot)," Witness for the Prosecution "(Witness for the Prosecution; 1953 play) , "The Mousetrap" (Mousetrap; 1954 play, was first staged at the Ambassador Theatre in London in 1952 and over 21 years successfully withstood the 8862 production), "Ten Little Indians" (1967, novel), "Death in the Clouds" (Death in the clouds), "Memorial Day" ("Sparkling Cyanide"; Sparkling Cyanide), "Five Little Pigs" (Five little pigs), "Curtain" (Curtain; 1975, published in 1976, the last novel of the Hercule Poirot), "Sleeping Murder" (1975, published in 1976, the last novel of Miss Marple), autobiography (published in 1977) 
 
In the summer of 2001 the Company Agatha Christie Inc, which owns all rights to the works of Agatha Christie's announced it was suspending indefinitely the issuance of licenses for the production of films and TV movies based on novels and plays by the writer. Renewal of licenses will be held after the classic detective stories will be radically redesigned to "radically modernize them." ("Agatha Christie's was closed for renovation", 07/04/2001. On materials site lenta.ru). 
 
In March 2002, anti-racist society from Hanover said that the name of one of the most famous novels of Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians" offensive to black people (Ten little niggers), as it used the word "nigger", which is now, according to leaders of this society, it is unacceptable. According to the EFA, in German title of the novel tepr will sound like "Und dann gab's keines mehr" ("And no one left"). In September 2003, in the archives of the British Library has found an unknown play by Agatha Christie, written back in 1925 - "The Secret of Castle Chimniz" .The play will be played for the first time in October 2003 in the Canadian Theatre Vertigo Mystery (Calgary), whose artistic director, and helped to find a forgotten play.