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'Philip Pullman' CBE (born October 19, 1946) is an English writer. He is the best-selling author of ''His Dark Materials'', a trilogy of fantasy novels, and a number of other books.
Pullman was born in Norwich, Norfolk, England, to RAF pilot Alfred Outram and Audrey Evelyn Merrifield. The family travelled with his father's job, including to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where he spent time at school. His father was killed in a plane crash in 1953 when Pullman was seven. His mother remarried and with a move to Australia came Pullman's discovery of comic books including Superman and Batman, a medium which he continues to espouse. From 1957 he was educated at Ysgol Ardudwy school in Harlech, Gwynedd and spent time in Norfolk with his grandfather, a clergyman. Around this time Pullman discovered John Milton's Paradise Lost, which would become a major influence for ''His Dark Materials''.
From 1963 Pullman attended Exeter College, Oxford, receiving a Third class BA in 1968, in an interview with the Oxford Student he stated that "he did not really enjoy the English course" and that "I thought I was doing quite well until I came out with my third class degree and then I realised that I wasn’t — it was the year they stopped giving fourth class degrees otherwise I’d have got one of those".[1] He discovered William Blake's illustrations around 1970, which would also later influence him greatly
Pullman married Judith Speller in 1970 and began teaching children and writing school plays. His first published work was ''The Haunted Storm'', which joint-won the New English Library's Young Writer's Award in 1972. He nevertheless refuses to discuss it. ''Galatea'', an adult fantasy-fiction novel, followed in 1978, but it was his school plays which inspired his first children's book, ''Count Karlstein'', in 1982. He stopped teaching around the publication of ''The Ruby in the Smoke'' (1986), his second children's book, whose Victorian setting is indicative of Pullman's interest in that era.
Pullman taught part-time at Westminster College, Oxford between 1988 and 1996, continuing to write children's stories. He began ''His Dark Materials'' about 1993. ''Northern Lights'' (published as ''The Golden Compass'' in the US) was published in 1996 and won the Carnegie Medal, one of the most prestigious British children's fiction awards, and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award.
Pullman has been writing full-time since 1996, but continues to deliver talks and writes occasionally for The Guardian. He was awarded a CBE in the New Year's Honours list in 2004. Pullman also began lecturing at a seminar in English at his alma mater, Exeter College, Oxford, in 2004.[2][3] He is currently working on ''The Book of Dust'', a sequel to his completed ''His Dark Materials'' trilogy.
''His Dark Materials'' consists of ''Northern Lights'' (titled ''The Golden Compass'' in North America), ''The Subtle Knife'' and ''The Amber Spyglass'' (see also a short companion piece, ''Lyra's Oxford'', containing items of interest and a short story, as well as the yet-unpublished sequel, ''The Book of Dust '').
The first volume of the trilogy, ''Northern Lights'', won the Carnegie Medal for children's fiction in the UK in 1995. ''The Amber Spyglass'', the last volume, was awarded both 2001 Whitbread Prize for best children's book and the Whitbread Book of the Year prize in January 2002, the first children's book to receive that award. The trilogy won popular acclaim in late 2003, taking third place in the BBC's Big Read poll.
In 2005 Pullman was announced as joint winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for children's literature.
Pullman is a supporter of the British Humanist Association and an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society.
The ''His Dark Materials'' books have been at the heart of controversy, especially with certain Christian groups. Some, including Peter Hitchens, claim that he actively pursues an anti-Christian agenda.[4] Proponents of this view cite the critical articles he has written regarding C. S. Lewis' series ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' (which Pullman denounces as religious propaganda), and the usually negative portrayal of the "Church" in ''His Dark Materials''.
The two series have some resemblance. Both feature children facing adult moral choices, talking animals, religious allegories, parallel worlds, and concern the ultimate fate of those worlds. The first published ''Narnia'' book, ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'', begins with a young girl hiding in a wardrobe, as does the first ''His Dark Materials'' book, ''Northern Lights'' (published as ''The Golden Compass'' in North America).
Some, including Hitchens again, have seen the ''His Dark Materials'' series as a direct rebuttal of C. S. Lewis's series.[5] Pullman has also criticised the way Lewis excludes the character Susan from the final 'heaven' scenes in ''The Last Battle'', saying she is rejected for her growing worldliness.[6] Lewis devotees argue that Pullman has read too deeply into this; Lewis made no statement about Susan's ultimate destiny, and never excluded the possibility of her rejoining her friends in heaven later, as they are dead and she is still alive.
However, Pullman has found support from other Christians, most notably Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury. These groups and individuals point out that Pullman's attacks are focused on the constraints of dogmatism and the use of religion to oppress, not on Christianity itself. Dr. Williams has gone so far as to propose that ''His Dark Materials'' be taught as part of religious education in schools. Moreover, even authors of works dedicated to critical appraisals of religious themes in his writing have described Pullman as a friendly and generous debating partner[7].
★ A film adaptation of ''The Butterfly Tattoo'' [1] is set to film in 2007. It is a Philip Pullman supported project to allow young artists a chance to get film industry experience.
★ A co-produced BBC and WGBH Boston television adaptation of ''The Ruby in the Smoke'', starring Billie Piper and Julie Walters, was screened in the UK on BBC One on 27 December 2006 and premiered on PBS Masterpiece Theatre in America on February 4, 2007. The BBC and WGBH have plans to adapt the other three Sally Lockhart novels, ''The Shadow in the North'', ''The Tiger in the Well'', and ''The Tin Princess'', for television.
★ A film adaptation, titled '', is to be released in December 2007 by New Line Cinema, starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig and Dakota Blue Richards.
★ 1972 ''The Haunted Storm''
★ 1976 ''Galatea''
★ 1982 ''Count Karlstein''
★ 1987 ''How to be Cool''
★ 1989 ''Spring-Heeled Jack''
★ 1990 ''The Broken Bridge''
★ 1992 ''The White Mercedes''
★ 1993 ''The Wonderful Story of Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp''
★ 1995 ''Clockwork, or, All Wound Up''
★ 1995 ''The Firework-Maker's Daughter''
★ 1998 ''Mossycoat''
★ 1998 ''The Butterfly Tattoo'' (re-issue of ''The White Mercedes'')
★ 1999 ''I was a Rat! or The Scarlet Slippers''
★ 2000 ''
★ 2004 ''The Scarecrow and his Servant''
★ 1994 ''Thunderbolt's Waxwork''
★ 1995 ''The Gasfitter's Ball''
★ 1985 ''The Ruby in the Smoke''
★ 1986 ''The Shadow in the North'' (first published as ''The Shadow in the Plate'')
★ 1990 ''The Tiger in the Well''
★ 1994 ''The Tin Princess''
★ 1995 ''Northern Lights'', retitled ''The Golden Compass'' in the US
★ 1997 ''The Subtle Knife''
★ 2000 ''The Amber Spyglass''
★ 2003 ''Lyra's Oxford''
★ 2008 ''Once Upon a Time in the North'' (not yet published)
★ 2009(According to Pullman himself, Although this could change) ''The Book of Dust'' (not yet published)
★ 1990 ''Frankenstein''
★ 1992 ''Sherlock Holmes and the Limehouse Horror''
★ 1978 ''Ancient Civilisations''
★ 1978 ''Using the Oxford Junior Dictionary''
Source: [2]
1. http://www.oxfordstudent.com/tt2006wk7/Features/growing_pains
2. http://www.uce.ac.uk/web2/releases04/3476.html
3. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergrad/life/
4. 'This is the most dangerous author in Britain' Hitchens, Peter
5. A labour of loathing
6. The Darkside of Narnia
7. The Dark Materials debate: life, God, the universe...
★ His Dark Materials Illuminated: Critical Essays on Phillip Pullman's Trilogy, , Millicent, Lenz, Wayne State University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-8143-3207-2
★ Philip Pullman Resources
★ Philip-Pullman.com Official site
★
★ Article: Pullman criticizes modern fiction ''The Guardian'', August 12, 2002, "Fiction becoming trivial and worthless, says top author".
★ Essay: Pullman criticizes a proposed "religious hatred" law ''The Guardian'', November 19, 2005, "Identity Crisis".
★ "The dark side of Narnia": Essay by Pullman.
★ Pullman on religion (video)
★ "For the Love of Narnia": Essay in response to Pullman.
★ Article: Pullman's life, letters, and perspectives ''The New Yorker'', December 26, 2005, "Far From Narnia".
★ His Dark Materials.org fansite
★ His Dark Materials | Bridge to the Stars fansite
★ The Fiction of Ceres Wunderkind Fan fiction and articles
★ Inside His Dark Materials Free online programmes about His Dark Materials
★ [http://www.goldencompassmovie.com/ Movie Webside "The Golden Compass"
'Philip Pullman' CBE (born October 19, 1946) is an English writer. He is the best-selling author of ''His Dark Materials'', a trilogy of fantasy novels, and a number of other books.
Brief biography
Pullman was born in Norwich, Norfolk, England, to RAF pilot Alfred Outram and Audrey Evelyn Merrifield. The family travelled with his father's job, including to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where he spent time at school. His father was killed in a plane crash in 1953 when Pullman was seven. His mother remarried and with a move to Australia came Pullman's discovery of comic books including Superman and Batman, a medium which he continues to espouse. From 1957 he was educated at Ysgol Ardudwy school in Harlech, Gwynedd and spent time in Norfolk with his grandfather, a clergyman. Around this time Pullman discovered John Milton's Paradise Lost, which would become a major influence for ''His Dark Materials''.
From 1963 Pullman attended Exeter College, Oxford, receiving a Third class BA in 1968, in an interview with the Oxford Student he stated that "he did not really enjoy the English course" and that "I thought I was doing quite well until I came out with my third class degree and then I realised that I wasn’t — it was the year they stopped giving fourth class degrees otherwise I’d have got one of those".[1] He discovered William Blake's illustrations around 1970, which would also later influence him greatly
Pullman married Judith Speller in 1970 and began teaching children and writing school plays. His first published work was ''The Haunted Storm'', which joint-won the New English Library's Young Writer's Award in 1972. He nevertheless refuses to discuss it. ''Galatea'', an adult fantasy-fiction novel, followed in 1978, but it was his school plays which inspired his first children's book, ''Count Karlstein'', in 1982. He stopped teaching around the publication of ''The Ruby in the Smoke'' (1986), his second children's book, whose Victorian setting is indicative of Pullman's interest in that era.
Pullman taught part-time at Westminster College, Oxford between 1988 and 1996, continuing to write children's stories. He began ''His Dark Materials'' about 1993. ''Northern Lights'' (published as ''The Golden Compass'' in the US) was published in 1996 and won the Carnegie Medal, one of the most prestigious British children's fiction awards, and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award.
Pullman has been writing full-time since 1996, but continues to deliver talks and writes occasionally for The Guardian. He was awarded a CBE in the New Year's Honours list in 2004. Pullman also began lecturing at a seminar in English at his alma mater, Exeter College, Oxford, in 2004.[2][3] He is currently working on ''The Book of Dust'', a sequel to his completed ''His Dark Materials'' trilogy.
''His Dark Materials''
''His Dark Materials'' consists of ''Northern Lights'' (titled ''The Golden Compass'' in North America), ''The Subtle Knife'' and ''The Amber Spyglass'' (see also a short companion piece, ''Lyra's Oxford'', containing items of interest and a short story, as well as the yet-unpublished sequel, ''The Book of Dust '').
The first volume of the trilogy, ''Northern Lights'', won the Carnegie Medal for children's fiction in the UK in 1995. ''The Amber Spyglass'', the last volume, was awarded both 2001 Whitbread Prize for best children's book and the Whitbread Book of the Year prize in January 2002, the first children's book to receive that award. The trilogy won popular acclaim in late 2003, taking third place in the BBC's Big Read poll.
In 2005 Pullman was announced as joint winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for children's literature.
Philosophical and religious perspective
Pullman is a supporter of the British Humanist Association and an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society.
The ''His Dark Materials'' books have been at the heart of controversy, especially with certain Christian groups. Some, including Peter Hitchens, claim that he actively pursues an anti-Christian agenda.[4] Proponents of this view cite the critical articles he has written regarding C. S. Lewis' series ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' (which Pullman denounces as religious propaganda), and the usually negative portrayal of the "Church" in ''His Dark Materials''.
The two series have some resemblance. Both feature children facing adult moral choices, talking animals, religious allegories, parallel worlds, and concern the ultimate fate of those worlds. The first published ''Narnia'' book, ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'', begins with a young girl hiding in a wardrobe, as does the first ''His Dark Materials'' book, ''Northern Lights'' (published as ''The Golden Compass'' in North America).
Some, including Hitchens again, have seen the ''His Dark Materials'' series as a direct rebuttal of C. S. Lewis's series.[5] Pullman has also criticised the way Lewis excludes the character Susan from the final 'heaven' scenes in ''The Last Battle'', saying she is rejected for her growing worldliness.[6] Lewis devotees argue that Pullman has read too deeply into this; Lewis made no statement about Susan's ultimate destiny, and never excluded the possibility of her rejoining her friends in heaven later, as they are dead and she is still alive.
However, Pullman has found support from other Christians, most notably Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury. These groups and individuals point out that Pullman's attacks are focused on the constraints of dogmatism and the use of religion to oppress, not on Christianity itself. Dr. Williams has gone so far as to propose that ''His Dark Materials'' be taught as part of religious education in schools. Moreover, even authors of works dedicated to critical appraisals of religious themes in his writing have described Pullman as a friendly and generous debating partner[7].
Screen adaptations
★ A film adaptation of ''The Butterfly Tattoo'' [1] is set to film in 2007. It is a Philip Pullman supported project to allow young artists a chance to get film industry experience.
★ A co-produced BBC and WGBH Boston television adaptation of ''The Ruby in the Smoke'', starring Billie Piper and Julie Walters, was screened in the UK on BBC One on 27 December 2006 and premiered on PBS Masterpiece Theatre in America on February 4, 2007. The BBC and WGBH have plans to adapt the other three Sally Lockhart novels, ''The Shadow in the North'', ''The Tiger in the Well'', and ''The Tin Princess'', for television.
★ A film adaptation, titled '', is to be released in December 2007 by New Line Cinema, starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig and Dakota Blue Richards.
Bibliography
Non-series books
★ 1972 ''The Haunted Storm''
★ 1976 ''Galatea''
★ 1982 ''Count Karlstein''
★ 1987 ''How to be Cool''
★ 1989 ''Spring-Heeled Jack''
★ 1990 ''The Broken Bridge''
★ 1992 ''The White Mercedes''
★ 1993 ''The Wonderful Story of Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp''
★ 1995 ''Clockwork, or, All Wound Up''
★ 1995 ''The Firework-Maker's Daughter''
★ 1998 ''Mossycoat''
★ 1998 ''The Butterfly Tattoo'' (re-issue of ''The White Mercedes'')
★ 1999 ''I was a Rat! or The Scarlet Slippers''
★ 2000 ''
★ 2004 ''The Scarecrow and his Servant''
The New-Cut Gang
★ 1994 ''Thunderbolt's Waxwork''
★ 1995 ''The Gasfitter's Ball''
Sally Lockhart
★ 1985 ''The Ruby in the Smoke''
★ 1986 ''The Shadow in the North'' (first published as ''The Shadow in the Plate'')
★ 1990 ''The Tiger in the Well''
★ 1994 ''The Tin Princess''
His Dark Materials
★ 1995 ''Northern Lights'', retitled ''The Golden Compass'' in the US
★ 1997 ''The Subtle Knife''
★ 2000 ''The Amber Spyglass''
Companion Books
★ 2003 ''Lyra's Oxford''
★ 2008 ''Once Upon a Time in the North'' (not yet published)
★ 2009(According to Pullman himself, Although this could change) ''The Book of Dust'' (not yet published)
Plays
★ 1990 ''Frankenstein''
★ 1992 ''Sherlock Holmes and the Limehouse Horror''
Non-fiction
★ 1978 ''Ancient Civilisations''
★ 1978 ''Using the Oxford Junior Dictionary''
Source: [2]
References
1. http://www.oxfordstudent.com/tt2006wk7/Features/growing_pains
2. http://www.uce.ac.uk/web2/releases04/3476.html
3. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergrad/life/
4. 'This is the most dangerous author in Britain' Hitchens, Peter
5. A labour of loathing
6. The Darkside of Narnia
7. The Dark Materials debate: life, God, the universe...
Further reading
★ His Dark Materials Illuminated: Critical Essays on Phillip Pullman's Trilogy, , Millicent, Lenz, Wayne State University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-8143-3207-2
External links
★ Philip Pullman Resources
★ Philip-Pullman.com Official site
★
★ Article: Pullman criticizes modern fiction ''The Guardian'', August 12, 2002, "Fiction becoming trivial and worthless, says top author".
★ Essay: Pullman criticizes a proposed "religious hatred" law ''The Guardian'', November 19, 2005, "Identity Crisis".
★ "The dark side of Narnia": Essay by Pullman.
★ Pullman on religion (video)
★ "For the Love of Narnia": Essay in response to Pullman.
★ Article: Pullman's life, letters, and perspectives ''The New Yorker'', December 26, 2005, "Far From Narnia".
★ His Dark Materials.org fansite
★ His Dark Materials | Bridge to the Stars fansite
★ The Fiction of Ceres Wunderkind Fan fiction and articles
★ Inside His Dark Materials Free online programmes about His Dark Materials
★ [http://www.goldencompassmovie.com/ Movie Webside "The Golden Compass"
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