Biography
Agatha Christie - English writer, prose and playwright, creator Erkulya Poirot and Miss Marple. The author's work still diverges by millions of editions, her books became third in popularity after the Bible and the works of Shakespeare.
She managed to change the ideas about the detective genre and become one of the most famous writers in the world.
Childhood and youth
Agata Cristi was born on September 15, 1890. The hometown of the future writer became Torka (English County Devon). At birth, the girl received the name of Agata Mary Claiss Miller. Agatha parents are wealthy migrants from the United States. In addition to Agatha, in the family there were two more children - the older sister Margaret Franry and Brother Louis Montan. Children's years, the future writer spent in the estate of Eshfield.
In 1901, the Father Agatha did not become, the family could no longer afford the "aristocratic liberties", had to reduce costs and live in conditions of strictest savings.
Going to school Agate had no need, initially the girl was engaged in the mother, and then the governess. In those days, girls mostly prepared for married life, teaching manners, needlework, dancing. Agatha's houses received a musical education and, if not, the fear of the scene would probably devote the lives of music. Since childhood, the youngest daughter of Miller was shy, differed from his brother and sisters with a calm character.
At the age of 16, Agatu was sent to Paris Pension. There the girl studied without a special zeal to the sciences, constantly missed the house. The main "achievements" of Agata was two dozen grammatical errors in dictation and fainting in front of the school concert.
Two years, Agatha studied in another guesthouse, after which he returned home to a completely different person - from an indifferent shy girl. The future celebrity turned into an attractive blonde with long hair and languid blue eyes.
During the First World War, the future writer worked in a military hospital, fulfilling the duties of nurse. Then the girl became a pharmacist, which subsequently helped in writing detectives - 83 crime author described by the author was performed by poisoning. After Marriage, Agata took the name Christie and in the breaks between the duty in the pharmacy department of the hospital began to create masterpieces.
It is assumed that the native sister of the writer, who by that time had already achieved some success on the literary field, was assumed to the idea of creativity.
Literature
The first detective novel "The Mysterious Incident in Stiles" Agata Christie created back in 1915. Based on acquired knowledge, as well as dating with Belgian refugees, the writer displays the key image of the novel - the detective-Belgian Erkulya Poiro. The first novel was published in 1920: before that, the book was rejected in the publishers at least five times.
About the famous detective removed the series, which was loved by the audience around the world. The directors will constantly return to the British novels, creating films on the basis of books on the basis of books: "Poirot Agatha Christie", "Miss Marple", "Murder in Eastern Express".
Particularly spectators remembered the series "Miss Marple". In this flashing, the image of Miss Marple brilliantly embodied the British actress Joan Hickson.
By 1926, Christie became popular. The works of the author were printed in large quantities in world magazines. In 1927, in the story "Evening club` Tuesday` "Miss Marple appears. A thorough acquaintance of the reader with this insightful old woman occurred at the appearance of the novel "Murder in the House of Vicar" (1930). Then the characters invented by the writer were present in several works united in a series. The murders and the subject of the investigation will be the main in the detectives of the British writer.
The most bright detective novels of Agatha Christie are considered: "Killing Roger Ecroyda" (1926), "Murder in Eastern Express" (1934), "Death on Nile" (1937), "Ten Negroit" (1939), "Baghdad Meeting" (1957 ). Among the works of the late period, experts celebrate "Night Darkness" (1968), "Halloween Party" (1969), "The Gate of Fate" (1973).
Agatha Christie is a successful playwright. The works of the British became the basis for a large number of plays and performances. A special popularity was acquired by the "Mousetrap" and "Witness of the accusation".
Christi belongs to the record at the maximum number of theatrical productions of one work. The performance "Mousetrap" was first put in 1952 and to this day is continuously demonstrated on the scene.
In the creative biography of the writer, more than 60 novels are listed. Most of them she published under the name of the first husband. But 6 works she signed the fictional name - Mary Westmakott. Then the writer not only changed the name, but at the time left the detective genre. She also issued a considerable number of stories united in 19 collections.
The writer for all his writing career has never done the topic of his work of a sexual crime. Unlike modern detective stories, there are practically no scenes of violence and blood puddles in its novels. On this account, Agat has repeatedly expressed that, in her opinion, such scenes do not allow to focus on the reader on the main topic of the novel.
The writer itself considers the novel "Ten Negreat" by its best work. The prototype of the point of action is the island of Burg in South Britain. However, today this book for compliance with political correctness is sold under a different name - "And no one has become."
The novels "Curtain" and "Forgotten Murder" Light in 1975 - they became the last in the series about Erkul Poirot and Miss Marple. But they were written long before that, even during World War II, in 1940. Then she put them in the safe to publish when he could not write anything.
In 1956, the writer was awarded the Order of the British Empire, and in 1971, for achieving Christi, the title of cavalier ladies in the field of literature was honored. The owner of the awards also receive the noble title "Dama", which is used before the name when pronunciation.
In 1965, Agata Christie adds its autobiography, which he graduated from the following words:
"Thank you, Lord, for my good life and for the whole of the love that I was greeted."Personal life
Agatha - a girl from an intelligent family and with an unreplicated reputation - the groom should be easily found. It went to marriage, but this young man turned out to be very boring. Just at this time, she met handsome and loving Archibald Christie. The girl dissolved the engagement and in 1914 he married the Pilot-Colonel Archibald.
Later they had a daughter Rosalind. Agatha with his head plunged into family life, but it was not easy. For the writer always in the first place was a husband. Despite the fact that he earned well, he spent more than even more. While Agatha composed novels and traveled to his spouse, her daughter was raised to Grandmother Clara and Aunt Margaret.
Despite the ongoing financial difficulties and the gloomy mood of Archie, Agata believed that everything would work out. Later, when it turned out that Archibald Christie was not able to contain a family, a writer's work was published in the first place in the life of Agatha.
The marriage lasted 12 years, then the husband confessed to the writer in the fact that a certain Nancy Nile loved. A scandal broke out between the spouses, and the Agata morning disappeared.
The mysterious disappearance of Christie noticed the whole literary world, because by that time the writer was widely popular. The woman was announced to the national wanted list, were looking for 11 days, but they found only a car, in the cabin of which her fur coat was discovered. It turned out that all this time, Agatha Christie was in one of the hotels near the other name, where he attended cosmetic procedures, the library, played the piano.
Many noise disappearance of Agatha Christie later tried to explain many biographers and psychologists. Someone said that this is unexpected amnesia against the background of stress. On the eve of the disappearance, except for the betrayal of her husband, Agatha also postponed the death of the mother. Others assured that this is deep depression. There was a version and a kind of revenge husband - to present it to society as a possible killer. Agatha Christie kept silence about this all my life. Two years later, the spouses officially broke the relationship.
In 1934, Agata published under the pseudonym novel "Unfinished portrait", which described events similar to its disappearance. This is also described in the 1979 film "Agata", in which the role of the writer performed Vanessa Redgrave.
For the second time, Christie married with the archaeologist Max Mullden. The meeting occurred in Iraq, where Agata went to travel. The woman was older than a spouse for 15 years. Later she was joking that an age wife was even better for archaeologist, so its value increases. With this man's writer lived 45 years.
Death
Starting from 1971, the health of Agatha Christie began to worsen, but she continued to write. Subsequently, university staff in Toronto, examining the manner of writing the last letters of Christi, put forward a suggestion that the writer suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
In 1975, when Agatha was completely weakened, she passed the rights to the "Mousetrap" play to Matthew Matthew Piece. He also heads the Agatha Christie Ltd Foundation.
The life of "Queen of detectives" broke off on January 12, 1976. Christie died at home, in Wallingford (Oxfordshire). She was 85 years old. The cause of death has become complications after the transmitted cold. The writer was buried at the cemetery of St. Mary in the village of Cholesi.
The only daughter of Christie, like her famous mother, also lived 85 years. Died on October 28, 2004 in Devon County.
In 2000, the House of Agatha Christie in the estate Greenway was transferred to the Fund for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of National Trust. 8 years for visitors only the garden and a boat house were available. And in 2009 they opened a house that has undergone large-scale reconstruction.
In 2008, Matthew Matthew in the storage room of her house found 27 audio cassettes, in which Agata Christie for 13 hours talks about his life and work. However, the man said that it was not going to publish all the materials. According to him, some monologues of his grandmothers have an intimate and partly a messy character.
In 2015, the fans of creativity of the Great Writer celebrated the 125th anniversary of Agatha Christie. In the UK, this event gained a national scale.
Even after so many years after the death of the writer, her works continue to publish with millions of chairs.
Bibliography
- 1920 - "Mysterious incident in stylze"
- 1926 - "Killing Roger Ecroyda"
- 1929 - "Crime Partners"
- 1930 - "Murder in Vicar House"
- 1931- "Cittaford Mystery"
- 1933 - "Death of Lord Ejve"
- 1934 - "Murder in" Eastern Express "
- 1936 - "Alphabet Killings"
- 1937 - "Death on Nile"
- 1939 - "Ten Negreat"
- 1940 - "Sad Kiparis"
- 1941 - "Evil under the Sun"
- 1942 - "Corpse in the library"
- 1942 - "Five piglets"
- 1949 - "Cricked Domishko"
- 1950 - "An murder announced"
- 1953- "Pocket, full rye"
- 1957- "in 4.50 from Paddington"
- 1968 - "Picky finger only once"
- 1971 - "Nemesis"
- 1975 - "Curtain"
- 1976 - "Sleeping Murder"
Quotes
Smart do not take offense, but draw conclusions. Everything during the trip is a dream in a clean form. There is nothing good than a person who is always right. The killer is likely to be a good acquaintance. Heads are rarely mistaken in their judgments about each other. Sobor It is worth fighting for her.Interesting Facts
- In 1922, Christie accomplished around the world.
- The writer inspired her grandmother on the image of Miss Marple.
- When Christie "killed" Erkulya Poirot, New York Times published a necrologist. This is the only fictional character who has been honored.