Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller
,
Born
15 September 1890, Torquary,
Devon, England
Died
12 January 1976, Wallingford,
Oxfordshire, England
Occupation
Novelist
Genres
Murder mystery, Thriller, Crime fiction
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller
Very prolific British author of
mystery novels and short
stories, creator of Hercule
Poirot, the Belgian detective,
and Miss Jane Marple.
Christie wrote more than 70
detective novels under the
surname of her first husband,
Colonel Archibald Christie.
She also published a series
of romances and a children's
book.
The daughter of an American father
and a British mother, Agatha Mary
Clarissa Miller was born at Torquay
in the United Kingdom on
September 15, 1890. Her family
was comfortable, although not
wealthy, and she was educated at
home, with later study in Paris. In
1914 she was married to Col.
Archibald Christie; the marriage
produced one daughter. They
divorced in 1928.
In 1930 she married Sir
Max Mallowan, a fellow of
All Souls College, Oxford,
and one of Britain's
foremost archaeologists.
She often accompanied
him on his digs in Iraq and
Syria and placed some of
her novels in those
countries.
Agatha Christie's room at the Hotel Pera
Palace, where she wrote Murder on the
Orient Express.
Christie traveled a lot. Her travels
contributed background to several of her
novels.
In 1920 Christie launched a
career which made her the
most popular mystery writer
of all time. Her total output
reached 93 books and 17
plays; she was translated
into 103 languages (even
more than Shakespeare);
and her sales have passed
the 400 million mark and are
still going strong.
The main characters
Agatha Christie said that she
never knew where the ideas for a
new novel would spring from:
"Plots come to me at such odd
moments, when I am walking
along the street, or examining a
hat shop suddenly a splendid idea
comes into my head"
Her play, The Mousetrap, is
the longest running play in
history with over 23,000
shows.
Agatha Christie was
revered as a master of
suspense, plotting, and
characterisation by most of
her contemporaries.
She received numerous
awards and critical honors
for her work. She was
honored as the
Commander of the Order of
the British Empire in 1956
and Dame Commander of
the Order of the British
Empire in 1971.
Agatha Christie died on 12
January, 1976, at age 85,
from natural causes.
She is buried in the nearby St.
Mary's Churchyard in
Cholsey.
Автор: Kuzina E.P.