Biography
Robert Shekley, known as the most influential ficture of the twentieth century, was born in Brooklyn on July 16, 1928 in the family of a businessman. The writer managed to release his own biography. About Mother Robert told how about a simple girl Rachel from the village.
She taught in the elementary classes of Saskachevian school. Father Fistysta, David, dreamed of tightly entrenched in business and, despite frequent failures, found his place. His last and main job of work was the Insurance Firm Schiff Terchy. There he received the post of secretary-treasurer.
Childhood and youth
Four years after the birth of Robert, Shekley's family lived in New York, and then settled in New Jersey, in the city of Maplewood. By origin, his parents were Polish Jews, which until 1980 lived in Warsaw, but closer to the end of the 19th century they had to immigrate to America.
During the summer vacation, Grandfather took Robert and his sister Joan to the farm. The future writer grew in the curious child who loved the adventures, books and jazz. Shekley was read on Bradbury, Stargeon and Cattera books. Gotzil to become a recognized author of bestsellers and started the first work on the printed machine.
Attempts to try ourselves as a writer were not crowned with success, so Robert continued to read and learn at school. When Shekley was sixteen years old, he decided to live separately from his parents, but it did not lead to anything. Young Robert had to finish learning, and then get a job.
He earned a living for the welcome in the store and with tools in the garden. In the 1940s, a man goes to Korea. It begins his writing activities. Shekley engaged in editing the regiment newspaper.
After returning from Korea, Robert entered the university in New York, where he began to study humanitarian sciences. University classes The future fictional combined with Irwin Show lectures. In addition to the tight passion of literature, Robert played the guitar and even managed to earn it to life. The circumstances have developed so that he had to leave the university and get a job to work for the plant.
Literature
In 1951, Robert Shekley offered cooperation with the magazine "Imagination". Fantastic stories liked the chief editor and were all published. In the future, the writer enthusiastically talked about the working weekdays in the office of the magazine, where he was working out from morning to evening.
For a long time, the science fiction worked on the story of the "Infinity Ship". In 1959, anti-nightopia is published and becomes popular among lovers of philosophical reflections on the topic "How to become happy."
Shekley created stories, novels and scripts of fantastic content that were used on television and in radio ester. The audience was loved by "Captain Video" and "on the other side of the green door." In 1960, Robert Sheckley's popularity began to gain momentum. He successfully sold all his work into a popular "Galaxy".
One of the successfully published novels in 1960 is the "status civilization". Satyrian anti-nightopia about William Barrente, despite the fantastic genre, affects the social problems of society.
1965 also becomes significant for Robert Shekley's creativity. "Galaxy" published a story "Exchange of Minds", and then a finalized book option comes out a year later.
In 1968, the story of the "Coordinates of Miracles" is produced. It is believed that the global fantasty glory begins with it. The work of the space tour of Tom Kamorki fully demonstrates the writer talent Shekley, whose look at the world order and the meaning of existence attract the attention of readers.
Later, during a visit to Russia, Shekley was pleasantly surprised that his work was produced such a furor. It is known that the images of some heroes of the second part of the "coordinates of the wonders" Robert wrote from real people, Russian fans. The fantastic romance is translated into several languages and has become a classic in the world of fiction. Almost the whole book can be divided into quotes - so thin humor and fresh thought.
Each piece of fantastic is a special world of extraordinary philosophy, reflections on good and evil, finding the meaning of human existence. Any hero of the work of Shekley is a unique multifaceted personality, which is revealed with each new page.
Robert Shekley became the author of 15 novels and about 400 stories. Now his works are read all over the world! Shekley is the owner of the "Wanderer" award for achievements in the literary genre "fiction", as well as for a special humor.
In 2000, Shekley got acquainted with Roberto Quagh, whose name is widely known in the literary community. They even have planned joint work, but in connection with the death of Shekley they were left unfinished.
Personal life
Personal life The classic American fiction turned out to be violent. First wife, Barbaru Skardon, Shekley met while studying at the university. She gave birth to him Jason's firstborn, but the marriage collapsed.
The second marriage also disadvantaged. The wife of Ziva gave birth to Robert's daughter Alice, but the opinions of the newlyweds were separated when it was necessary to choose a place of residence. Ziva city refused to follow her husband who wanted to settle in Ibiza.
In a new place, Robert Shekley came across Abby Schulman. Ibiza became the source of inspiration for the writer, but the relationship with the new woman did not develop. Another loud scandal became the last for a couple: Sheckley collected all his works and went on a trip to the Far East.
The creative path of the writer was filled with difficulties in connection with narcotic addiction. At times it seemed to him that the work of the brain was stimulated in this way, new facets open. In 1990, on returning to London, Shekley refused to eat hallucinogen. In New York, he came the concept of the magazine "Omni", which he headed a couple of years before the next marriage of the writer Jay Roshibell.
However, this marriage was not the last. The main woman and the inspirer became a journalist Dana Gable. While living together with the fifth spouse Shekley continues to work hard and fruitfully.
Despite the number of marriages, the last years of his life, Robert Sheckley spent alone, had a lot and less spent time with creativity. In 2005, Shekley flew to Ukraine and there was urgently sent to the hospital.
Death
Flight to Ukraine was destructive for the elderly science. Shekley felt ailments, and he was hospitalized. The cost of treatment was more than $ 10 thousand. The disease turned out to be a surprise for the writer, so to pay expensive procedures, fans organized a charitable collection. Part of the amount was made by Ukrainian politician, whose name remained in secret.
When the state of Robert Shekley improved, he returned to New York with the daughter Anna. But there doctors turned out to be powerless. At 77 years old did not become the famous fiction. The cause of death, according to the specialists, became the aneurysm of the brain.
Quotes
"What the nature required millions of years, a person can erase into powder in one day!" (Exchange of minds) "It is easier to understand the universe than yourself" (coordinates of miracles) "Love is a wonderful game that begins with fun and happiness and ends with marriage" (exchange of minds) "The story makes little things. The present consists of a huge number of insignificantly small factors that were formed in the past. If you enter another factor in the past, then in this inevitably the other result will be obtained "(injured)" drops of pure experience are extracted from the destruction of being "(Coordinates of Being)Bibliography
- 1954 - "where the man's leg did not go"
- 1955 - "Not touching human hand"
- 1955 - "Citizen in Space"
- 1957 - "Pilgrimage to Earth"
- 1960 - "Ideas: without restrictions"
- 1960 - "Infinity Ship"
- 1962 - "Shards of Cosmos"
- 1968 - "Man trap"
- 1978 - "Robot that looked like me"