| 词条 | Dick King-Smith |
| 释义 |
|name = Dick King-Smith |honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE|size=100%}} |image = |caption = |pseudonym = Dick King-Smith |birth_name = Ronald Gordon King-Smith |birth_date = {{birth date |1922|03|27|df=y}} |birth_place = Bitton, Gloucestershire, England |death_date = {{death date and age|2011|1|04|1922|03|27|df=y}} |death_place = Bath, Somerset, England |occupation = Writer |nationality = British |spouse = {{marriage|Myrle|1943|2000}} (her death) {{marriage|Zona Bedding|2001|2011}} (his death) |children = 3 |website = {{URL|dickkingsmith.com}} |period = 1978–2007 |genre = Children's novels, picture books |notableworks = The Sheep-Pig (Babe) |awards = {{awd |Guardian Prize |1984 }} }} Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE, Hon.MEd (27 March 1922 – 4 January 2011),[1] was a prolific English writer of children's books, primarily using the pen name Dick King-Smith. He is best known for The Sheep-Pig (1983), or Babe the Gallant Pig in the US. It was adapted as the movie Babe (1995) and translations have been published in fifteen languages.[2] He was awarded an Honorary Master of Education degree by the University of the West of England in 1999[3] and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.[4][5] Dick and Myrle had three children – two daughters (Juliet and Lizzie) and one son (Giles). Dick King-Smith's first book, The Foxbusters, was published in 1978. LifeDick King-Smith grew up in the West Country, his father was Capt. Ronald King-Smith D.S.O., M.C. ,who ran several paper mills. Dick was educated at Beaudesert Park School and Marlborough College.[1] He was a soldier in World War II, serving with the Grenadier Guards in Italy and a farmer for 20 years before he became a teacher at Farmborough Primary School and author. King-Smith's first book was The Fox Busters, published in 1978 while he was living and teaching in Farmborough. He was one of Britain's most prolific authors and wrote over a hundred books. In later life he lived in Queen Charlton, a small farming village near Bristol, contributing to the maintenance and conservation of the local area as the vice-president of the Avon Wildlife Trust. He married his first wife, Myrle, in 1943. They had three children Juliet, Giles and Liz.[1] Myrle died in 2000, and King-Smith subsequently married Zona Bedding, a family friend.[6] He presented a feature on animals on TV-AM's children's programme Rub-a-Dub Tub (1983).[7] King-Smith died at his home near Bath, Somerset, on 4 January 2011 at the age of 88. He was survived by three children, 14 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.[8] AwardsKing-Smith and The Sheep-Pig won the 1984 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children writers. Works{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
Adaptations
References1. ^1 2 {{Cite news |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jan/05/dick-king-smith-obituary |title=Dick King-Smith obituary |first=Julia |last=Eccleshare |date=5 January 2011 |accessdate=5 January 2011}} 2. ^"Formats and Editions of The sheep-pig". WorldCat. Retrieved 4 August 2012. 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://acreg.uwe.ac.uk/hgotuotwoe.asp |title=Honorary Graduates of the University of the West of England |publisher=University of the West of England |accessdate=5 January 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811031112/http://acreg.uwe.ac.uk/hgotuotwoe.asp |archivedate=11 August 2011 |df=dmy }} 4. ^{{London Gazette|issue=59282|date=31 December 2009|page=12 |supp=y }} 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8434903.stm |title=Patrick Stewart leads arts honours with a knighthood |publisher=BBC News |date=31 December 2009 |accessdate=5 January 2011}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/animal-magic-1.835686 |title=Animal Magic |publisher=The Herald (heraldscotland.com) |date=2 February 2008 |accessdate=5 January 2011}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375430/ |title=Rub-a-Dub-Tub |publisher=IMDb |date= |accessdate=15 October 2011}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12121506 |title=Babe creator Dick King-Smith dies aged 88 |publisher=BBC News |date=5 January 2011 |accessdate=6 January 2011}} External links{{Portal |Children's literature}}
11 : 1922 births|2011 deaths|British children's writers|Guardian Children's Fiction Prize winners|Officers of the Order of the British Empire|British Army personnel of World War II|People educated at Beaudesert Park School|People educated at Marlborough College|People from Bitton|20th-century English novelists|21st-century British novelists |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。