John Boyne is a writer whose name is known all over the world thanks to his work. He was recognized not only by readers, his works were awarded the most prestigious awards in the world of literature.
Life path: the beginning of a career
John Boyne was born in Dublin (Ireland) on April 301971. Here, in the capital of the country, he began his studies. In college Trinity with enthusiasm and enthusiasm, the young writer began his acquaintance with the literature of England. Boyne studied the works of English writers, which subsequently had a favorable effect on his work.
As a university student, Boyne was awarded his first significant prize named after Curtis Brown. This award is given only to students for the best work written in prose.
Early Creativity
As already mentioned, Boyne began writing instudent years, and very successfully. He became famous as a writer of interesting stories. It was with this genre that his writing career began. He began to publish actively at the age of 20 years.
A novel that brought worldwide fame
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" is the namea novel that the writer told the world about himself. This was one of Boyne's first works in this genre. The novel was published in 2006 and immediately received two Irish Awards: the Irish Book Awards and the Bisto Book of the Year. Boyn was nominated for several awards in the world of literature. Thanks to such achievements, the novel was recognized as the best book of the year.
But that is not all:the whole 80 weeks "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" headed the list of the most read books in Ireland, becoming the best-selling book. The book was translated into 46 languages, later it was read by more than 5 million people. The popularity of the book attracted the attention of filmmakers, and the novel was screened by the Miramax company. It is noteworthy that the film was also awarded several prestigious awards in the world of motion picture art.
Mathieu Zell - favorite hero of the writer's works
The genre of fiction takes a special place increativity of John Boyne. He made his debut with the work "The Abductor of Eternity". It was in this novel that Mathieu Zell first appeared. This hero is immortal: born in 1743 and being 256 years old, he is looking for the meaning of his long life. The long-liver saw a lot: the Olympic Games, the French Revolution, the Great Exhibition, which was in 1851, and much more. Like any person, he dreams of a pure and bright true love.
It is noteworthy that this hero with an enviable periodicity will feature in other novels of John Boyne, and they have eight.
John Boyne: personal life
At the moment, the writer lives in his hometown, in Dublin. His personal life he carefully conceals from the press, preferring to talk only about his work.
Having received in due time good skills of the writer'she now willingly shares his knowledge with novice writers, is engaged in teaching at the University of East Anglia (here he received a grant in 2005).
The work of the writer includes writing book reviews, so he regularly works with the book companies The Irish Times, The Irish Book Review.
The author does not hide that in addition to writing (and he is up tohe is still working on his new works), he loves and honors. Among his favorite authors are Charles Dickens, Patricia Highsmith, Tobias Wolf, Philip Roth, John Irving.
Fans of creativity of John Boyne with impatienceexpect to release new works to plunge into the world of fantasy and unusual adventures, to enjoy new, exciting stories, to witness the birth of new heroes. On the author's assurances, in the near future fans will be able to do this: new works are already on the way. Let's wish John Boyne creative inspiration!
