Biography
The story of Dorothy, the Terrible, the Iron Woodcutter and the Cowardly Lion, who went to the country of the lake for the execution of their innermost desires, are known to the kids and their parents around the world. But the units of them remember that the Emerald City "built" Children's writer Lymen Frank Baum. His bibliography in 24 years has accumulated 14 novels about the country OZ, 41 works about other characters, 83 stories, more than 200 poems and at least 42 scenarios for theater.Childhood and youth
"Father" of Oz Born on May 15, 1856 in the village of Chittenango, in New York. He is the seventh of nine children of the Cynthius of Ann (in the Maiden Stanton) and Benjamin Ward Bauma, pious methodologists. Only five of their heirs have lived to adulthood.
Frank Baum Ros is a painful, rampant child. Best years he spent in the estate of Rose Lawn in the village of Matdidale, New York, surrounded by brothers and sisters, comprehending the basic sciences using governess.
In 1868, parents sent the Son to the Peekskill Military Academy. He could not get rid of bad, as it seemed to teachers, to twist in the clouds. Pressing from adults provoked psychogenic arrhythmia, and 2 years later, the young man returned home.
Frank Baum was addicted to writing together with the younger brother Henry Baum. They released The Rose Lawn Home Journal, which contained not only their stories, but also advertising local enterprises. At the age of 15, Frank Baum seriously carried away the theater. With this type of art, the early stage of his biography is associated.
Personal life
On November 9, 1882, the wife of Lymeman Frank Bauma became the mod Gage - daughter Matilda Joslin Gage, a famous soul fusionery of the XIX century. They born four sons, Robert, Harry Neal, Kenneth and Frank Joslin. At the photos that came to this day, it can be seen that boys are copies of their father.Bauma and Gage's personal life can be taken over the sample. The spouses never parted, if they demanded circumstances - moved together, put up with the marks of fate and rejoiced the achievements.
Books
Before becoming a writer, Frank Baum tried himself in the role of playwright and actor, edited magazines, diluted chickens of the Hamburg breed, managed the Baum's Bazaar store. On the latter burned, because he distributed goods "on credit", and then forg your debts buyers.
In 1897, Frank Baum published his version of the stories about Mother Goose - a famous character of French and American-English literature. The collection was waiting for success that allowed the author to quit work in Baum's Bazaar and fully focus on the literature. After catching the wave, Frank Baum wrote "Dad Goose: his book" (1899).
The first story about the country of Oz "An amazing wizard from Oz" (1900) for two years was considered the most sold children's book. Having found a golden custody, Frank Baum did not release it until the last days of life. Created by him series about the Oz country consists of 14 books. The final in the Baumi Baumi Baumi (1919) and the "Glond of Oz" (1920) came out after his death.
Frank Baum Dragged Inspiration for writing stories about the country of Oz in the fairy tales of the Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen. He "Americanized" and updated the works of colleagues, removed stereotypical characters from them (for example, dwarfs and jinov) and violence scenes. Therefore, Lymeman Frank Bauma is often called the "disinfector of children's literature."
Romance is another element that Frank Baum intentionally missed in his stories about Oz. He believed that the kids, its basic readers, could not comprehend love, then it would be uninteresting about it. However, quite without lyrics, the writer did not cost. Strictly verified doses of romance are found on the pages of books "An amazing wizard from Oz", "Tick-current from Oz" (1914) and "scared from Oz" (1915).
Stories about residents and guests of the Emerald City were written for children, but adults found food for reflection. Frank Baum, for example, performed in defense of female electoral law. Communication with souffringers inspired him to writing the book of "Wonders of Oz Oz" (1904), in which it is narrating about the uprising of the female half of the fabulous state. When Bauma was directly asked if there was a political subtext in his novels, he answered:
"My books are written in order to like children."The stories about the emerald city were embodied in dozens of theatrical performances and screen vesicles. So, for 293 nights of 1903 and 265 nights of 1904, the Musical "Wizard of the Oz" was shown on Broadway. The scenario for him wrote Frank Baum himself. The stage version differed from the book, since it was focused on adults.
The most famous screening of fairy tales about the Emerald city is the "Wizard of Oz" (1939) with Judy Garland in the role of Dorothy. She won two statuettes "Oscar". In total there are more than 10 films, including the Hollywood "Oz: Great and Horrible" (2013) with James Franco as a wizard.
In addition to the stories about Oz, in the bibliography, Lymeman Frank Bauma includes more than 40 books about other characters. For example, the "life and adventures of Santa Claus" (1902) on how the new year symbol appeared in the United States. In this story, the forest of Bursi is mentioned for the first time. About his inhabitants and wonders Frank Baum composed six more works.
Death
The cause of the death of Lyameman Frank Bauum was a stroke transferred on May 5, 1919. After him, the writer fell into a whom, but briefly came to himself to turn with the last words to his wife."Now we can overcome the wing sands," here is his death quotation.He spoke of the deadly desert that surrounds the country of Oz.
On May 6, 1919, Bauma did not. He was buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Glendel, California. In 1953, a gage mod was restored next to the writer. Judging by the photographs, their grave decorates a simple tombstone indicating the names and years of life.
Quotes
- "In our world there is nothing more beautiful than the happy face of the child."
- "The smartest does not happen at all! Everyone knows something, which others do not know; Knowledge is distributed among all living on Earth, and no one has the right to consider themselves the smartest. "
- "The worst thing in this life is to stay without a heart."
- "The reason why most people are bad is that they don't even try to be good."
- "Childhood is the time when a person is pleased with everyone."
Bibliography
- 1900 - "Amazing Wizard from Oz"
- 1904 - "Wonderful Country Oz"
- 1907 - "OZDA from OZ"
- 1908 - "Dorothy and Wizard in Oz"
- 1909 - "Travel to Oz"
- 1910 - "The Emerald City of Oz"
- 1913 - "History of the Wizard About Oz"
- 1913 - "Loskutushka from Oz"
- 1914 - "Tick-current from Oz"
- 1915 - "Scared from Oz"
- 1916 - "Rynithink in Oz"
- 1917 - "Missing Princess Oz"
- 1918 - "Iron Wood Road from Oz"
- 1919 - "The Magic of Oz"
- 1920 - "Glond from Oz"