Ken Follett Ungomunye wababhali abaziwa kakhulu emhlabeni. Waduma umhlaba wonke ngencwadi yakhe ethi "The Pillars of the Earth", kodwa empeleni wayesevele enezinye izincwadi eziningi ngaphansi kwebhande lakhe futhi abafundi "abaphuza" izincwadi zakhe babebaningi.
Uma ungezwanga ngombhali futhi ufuna ukwazi kabanzi ngaye, sikumema ukuthi wenze lokhu ngezansi ngoba sihlanganise konke okufanele ukwazi ngempilo yalo mbhali.
Ngubani uKen Follett
Singasho ukuthi uKen Follett ungomunye wababhali abaziwa kakhulu abathengisa kakhulu emhlabeni, ohlonishwayo nokuthi njalo lapho ekhipha incwadi baningi abaya ezitolo zezincwadi zakhe. Kepha sifuna ukwembula umbhali, ukuze sazi okwengeziwe ngempilo yakhe yangasese.
Ukuze senze lokhu, kufanele siqale ngoJuni 1949. Ngokuqondile ngosuku lwesihlanu lapho efika eCardiff, emndenini okholwayo kakhulu. UFollett wayengowokuqala kubazalwane abathathu futhi waphila isikhathi sobuntwana esimakwe ngabazali bakhe, UMartin noVeenie Follett. Ukukunikeza umbono, babenqatshelwe ukulalela umsakazo, ukubukela ithelevishini noma ukuya kuma-movie.
Ngakho-ke kuKen Follett okuwukuphela kwendlela yokuzijabulisa yena kwakungezindaba. Lokhu kulandiswe ngunina kanye nomcabango kanye nefantasy ayenayo lapho eseyingane wenza konke okunye. Ngakho-ke, engenakwenza lutho, wafunda ukufunda kusenesikhathi kakhulu futhi izincwadi zasebenza njengendlela yokuphunyuka empilweni yakhe enesithukuthezi. Ngalesi sizathu, wayenendawo ayithandayo yomtapo wolwazi wedolobha lakhe.
Lapho eneminyaka eyishumi, umndeni wakwaFollett wathuthela eLondon futhi waqhubeka nokufunda lapho. Wabhalisa kwiFilosofi e-University College, into emangaze abaningi kusukela, ekubeni eyindodana yomhloli wentela, bekucatshangwa ukuthi uzolandela ezinyathelweni zikayise. Kepha ngenxa yendlela akhule ngayo, njengoba umndeni wakhe wawuthanda kakhulu inkolo, wayegcwele ukungabaza futhi lowo msebenzi wawuyindlela yokufuna izimpendulo kulokho ayenakho engqondweni yakhe. Eqinisweni, umbhali uqobo ubheka ukuthi lolu khetho lwamthonya njengomlobi.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-18, wabhekana nesimo esingajwayelekile seminyaka yakhe. Futhi ngukuthi, ngesikhathi esafunda futhi ejabule eNyuvesi, intombi yakhe, uMary, wakhulelwa futhi laba bagcina beshada ngemuva kwethemu lokuqala lezifundo. Uqhubeke nomsebenzi, waba nothando lwezepolitiki, futhi waphela ngoSepthemba 1970.
Imisebenzi kaKen Follett yokuqala
Iziqu zakamuva, UFollett uthathe isinqumo sokwenza iziqu zobudokotela kwezobuntatheli, into eyaqala ukuthola i- "bug" ngokubhala. Eqinisweni, waqala ukusebenza njengentatheli eCardiff, eSouth Wales Echo.
Lapho indodakazi yabo, uMarie-Claire, izalwa eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, waba ngumlobi wephephandaba kuLondon Evening News.
Ngaphandle kokuthi wayethola umsebenzi, wabona ukuthi iphupho lakhe lokuba yintatheli ephenyayo eliphumelelayo lalingeke lize lifezeke, ngakho-ke wanquma ukushintsha inkambo yakhe futhi waqala ukubhala izinganekwane ngesikhathi sakhe sokuphumula, ebusuku nasebusuku. izimpelasonto.
Lokho kwenziwa, ngemuva konyaka, ngo-1974, wanquma ukuyeka umsebenzi wakhe ephephandabeni wajoyina i-Everest Books, umshicileli waseLondon lapho aqala khona ukushicilela izincwadi zakhe, yize kungekho neyodwa yazo eyaphumelela. Yaze yafika. I- "Island of Storms" kwakuyincwadi eyafaka uKen Follett eqenjini elidayisa kakhulu.
Isiqhingi seziphepho
Le ncwadi, eyashicilelwa ngo-1978, yawina i-Edgar Award futhi isidayise amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-10 kuze kube manje. Ngenxa yalokho, uKen Follett washiya umsebenzi wakhe waqasha indawo yokuhlala eningizimu yeFrance ukuze azinikele ngokuphelele kumanoveli akhe alandelayo. Vele, ngokwesaba ukungakwazi ukuphinda lokho ayekuzuzile ngaleyo mpumelelo enkulu.
Kuthathe iminyaka emithathu ukuthi uKen Follett apakishe izikhwama zakhe futhi abuyele eLondon, ikakhulukazi eSurrey. Futhi kungukuthi ibhayisikobho, imidlalo yaseshashalazini nezinye izinhlobo zokuzijabulisa zamdonsela emuva edolobheni. Ngaleso sikhathi, uFollett waba nentshisekelo enkulu kwezombusazwe. Wayebandakanyeka emikhankasweni yokhetho yeLabour Party, lapho ahlangana khona noBarbara Broer, unobhala wegatsha lasendaweni leqembu. Wathandana naye futhi wamshada ngo-1984. Bahlala esigodlweni saseHertfordshire, lapho izingane zikaKen Follett, izingane zikaBarbara, kanye nabalingani nabazukulu balo mbhangqwana.
Ngokuqondene nomsebenzi wakhe, uBarbara ubeyilungu lePhalamende likaStevenage kusukela ngo-1997 ngenkathi uKen Follett eqhubeka nokubhala; Ngaphezu kwalokho, akakaze avumele ezombusazwe ukuthi zingene ezincwadini.
Imihlahlandlela yakhe yokubhala kufanele iqale ukubhala ngemuva kokudla kwasekuseni iqhubeke kuze kube yihora lesine ntambama, okuyilapho eyeka khona ukuze akhululeke.
Omunye 'uKen Follett
Imvamisa uKen Follett siyalazi uhlangothi lwakhe lwemibhalo kodwa, Uyazi ukuthi ubuye abe ngumengameli wezinye izinhlangano? Yebo, ikakhulukazi, kwaziwa ukuthi:
- UMongameli weDyslexia Action.
- Ilungu leBhodi labaqondisi leNational Literacy Trust.
- Ilungu lomkhandlu wesikole iRoebuck Primary School kanye ne Nursery.
- I-Honorary Doctorate ku-Literature, evela e-University of Glamorgan.
- Ilungu leRoyal Society of Arts.
- UMongameli ohloniphekile weStevenage Community Trust.
Futhi, yize isikhathi sakhe sinikelwe ezincwadini, umbhali uyazi ukuthi angazihlela kanjani ukufeza ezinye izibopho eziningi, nokusiza lapho edingeka khona. Ngaphezu kokubandakanyeka kakhulu nomndeni wakhe.
Izincwadi zikaKen Follet
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Lapha sikushiya a ukufakwa kuhlu kwazo zonke izincwadi uKen Follett azishicilele, kwesinye isikhathi isayinwa ngaphansi kwamabizo-mbumbulu ahlukene.
- Uchungechunge lwe-Apples Carstairs (1974-1975), olusayinwe ngaphansi kwegama elibi elithi Simon Myles
- Inaliti Enkulu.
- Omkhulu Omnyama
- nethi The Big Hit
- Uchungechunge lweSpy uPiers Roper (1975-1976), olusayinwe negama lakhe
- Shakeout
- Ukuhlaselwa kweBhele
- Eminye imisebenzi isayinwe ngamagama mbumbulu ahlukene (1976-1978)
- Amanoveli wezingane, ngaphansi kwegama lomgunyathi uMartin Martinsen
- Imfihlo yezifundo zeKellerman noma Imfihlakalo yezifundo zeKellerman
- Amawele anamandla noma Imfihlakalo yeplanethi yezikelemu
- Isebenza ngaphansi mbumbulu Bernard L. Ross
- U-Amok: Inkosi Yenganekwane
- ICapricorn One
- Amanoveli ngaphansi kwegama lomkhawulo uZachary Stone
- Ihlazo leModigliani.
- Imali yamaphepha.
- Amanoveli asayinwe negama lakho kusukela ngo-1978
- Isiqhingi sezivunguvungu.
- Kathathu.
- Ukhiye ukuRebecca.
- Indoda yaseSt.
- Izimpiko zokhozi.
- Isigodi sezingonyama.
- Ubusuku phezu kwamanzi.
- Ingcebo eyingozi.
- Indawo ebizwa ngenkululeko.
- Iwele lesithathu.
- Emlonyeni kadrako.
- Umdlalo ophindwe kabili.
- Ingcuphe enkulu.
- Indiza yokugcina.
- EMhlophe.
- Ungalokothi.
- Izinsika Zomhlaba Saga
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- Izinsika zomhlaba.
- Umhlaba ongapheli.
- Ikholomu yomlilo.
- Ubumnyama nokusa.
- I-Century Trilogy
- Ukuwa kwemidondoshiya.
- Ubusika bomhlaba.
- Umbundu waphakade.
- Okungelona iqiniso
- IThe Heist of the Century, 1978, noRené Louis Maurice; (enesihloko esithi United States The Gentleman of 16 July).
- INotre-Dame, 2019, incwadi yokuncoma isonto elikhulu laseNotre Dame de Paris ngemuva komlilo wayo.
Manje njengoba usumazi kangcono uKen Follett, ingabe uyalokotha ufunde ezinye zezincwadi zakhe? Iyiphi oyithande kakhulu?