Biography
Chain Mieville, according to media representatives, the "most strange fictionity" of the 2010s. The writer with brutal appearance is famous for the workshop description of surreal cities. Thanks to him, fantasy genre revealed not only as a literary direction, drawing worlds of elves. The author added politics to the story and won from it.Embed from getty imagesChicken biography is amazing. He has a pedagogical experience, a ficture is fond of the culture of the Middle East, has a bachelor's degree of Cambridge on social anthropology and is a doctor of philosophy of international relations.
Childhood and youth
Chinas Mieevil was born on September 6, 1972. His name in English means "China". The parents of the boy were hippie, and their friends also preached this culture, so tea buddies were called India and Cascade.
Love for literature was inherent in mievilue since childhood. Fantasy was among his favorite genres. Chain read the Interzone magazine and absorbed one book after another. Inspired, he tried to write in the youth years, but publishers did not feed interest to the opuses of the beginning of the author. Good luck smiled at him in 1985, when the story and the poem of the tea published in the local publication.
Embed from getty imagesThe writer received a good education. Living in London, he studied at the boarding school. Having reached the age of majority, Mieville went to Egypt, and then in Zimbabwe. There worked as a teacher of English. Interest in culture and politics of the Middle East arose during this period.
Returning to his homeland, Chinas entered the University of Cambridge, became a bachelor of social anthropology and continued his studies in the London School of Economics. His doctoral the thesis covered the Marxist law. The writer became the owner of Frank Nooks scholarship from Harvard.
Embed from getty imagesIn parallel with obtaining education, he formed his own views on the world. Chinas was an activist of movement against nuclear weapons and apartheid. At this time, he began literary activities. Scale worked as an editor of Salvage magazine.
Chain Mieville discovered about his position of the Trotskyist and even consisted in the British Socialist Workers Party. As her representative, he claimed the post in the community chamber. In 2013, a man broke up with the leadership of the organization and left the party, although retained left views. Now they are reflected in the works of the author. By that time, Chinas was a member of the editorial office of the Dutch magazine Historical Materialism.
Books
The first novel of the author was published in 1998. The book "Rat King" immediately received a nomination for 2 premiums: Brahma Stocker and the "Horror Guild", but could not become the winner of the tea. The work by genre or can close to Horror. After him, the author preferred the direction of Fantasy Steampunk. It combines the motives of horror genre, fiction and popular science elements. In such a spirit, most Mievil stories are written. In an interview, the writer said that he brought the inspiration creativity Howard Lovecraft.The next novence was the "railway station of lost dreams." The presentation of the book took place in 2000 and demonstrated the individuality of the author. Cyborg, magic and science here are adjacent to characters of different origin, from mutants to Gord and People. The work highly appreciated critics. Chain Mieevil received a British Fantasy Prize, Arthur Clark Award, Ignotus and several nominations for prestigious awards in the field of literature.
In 2002, the light saw the novel "Scar". The events described in the work occur in the invented world called New Crobyon. Several stories and stories of the author of criticism put in one row with the works of such writers as Neil Geyman, Jean Wolfe, Joe Holdeman, etc.
In 2004, the bibliography of Prosaik replenished Roman "Iron Council". He supplemented the cycle of the fictional world and again brought a fiction a few nominations for literary awards. Then the works of "Non Lon Don", "City and the City" came out. The second received the "Locus-2010", World Fantasy and Hugo Prize, WORLDASY. He also attracted the attention of cinematographers and served as the basis for the simply adaptation. "LOCUS 2011" took the Roman Mieville "Kraken". Among the famous writer's novels also the book "Supist".
After completing the trilogy about New Cobrobe, in 2011, Mjevil wrote the novel "The Embassy City" about the planet, on which the arrival of the earthly woman Avis. Only she can return to the equilibrium, everything that has become subject to imbalance on the aryek. He was nominated for the "Incoming" and Hugo. In 2014 published the book "Rails", recognized as the best adolescent noverit about the year.
Chain specifically combines in his works. Dispassing motifs, withdrawing fiction to a new level and trying to destroy the clispage perception of the direction. Mieville openly says that his works can be attributed to the entertainment product of a surreal character.
The writer does not feed the sympathy for the popular literature, which can be called mainstream. By creating their own worlds, he does not claim massive popularity and keeps away from the "big" literature.
Personal life
Now the science ficture lives in London and is still interested in politics. He does not advertise his personal life, so there is no information from the author of his wife and children of information from the Russian-language press. He is also not a fan of social networks. Profiles created on his behalf in Facebook and Instagram are pages organized by fans of the writer's creativity.
You can see his photos on the Internet's expanses as a supplement to a brief biography. Those who are just starting to get acquainted with the work of the tea Mieville, his brutal appearance is to taste. But many find themselves surprised by the fact that there are deep scientific centers and expertise in respect of the writer of those who are interested in.
Chain Mjevil now
In 2019, the novelist presented the work "The last Days of New Paris". Demons, black magic, the power of art and policies were reflected in the fantastic presentation. The poetic story is full of manifests and awakens interest in masterpieces of world culture and biographies of famous authors.Quotes
"Ask a question - it means to get the answer" "It's best to move forward. Even when you run away. We turn - they hire "" Sometimes life really resembles a second-hand film "" We kill each other without any purpose. Humanity fights against herself, it will end only when it becomes a certain one, "the gap does not always mean the end, and often the step for climbing"Bibliography
- 1998 - "Rat King"
- 2000 - "Railway Station of Lost Dreams"
- 2002 - "Scar"
- 2004 - Iron Council
- 2005 - "When a collision of two equal rights: Marxist theory of international law"
- 2007 - "Non Lon Don"
- 2009 - "City and City"
- 2010 - "Kraken"
- 2011 - "Embassy City"
- 2012 - "Rails"
- 2019 - "Recent Days of New Paris"