Margaret Mahy

Margaret Mahy
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Margaret Mahy (2011)
Data i miejsce urodzenia

21 marca 1936
Whakatane

Data i miejsce śmierci

23 lipca 2012
Christchurch

Zawód, zajęcie

pisarka

Margaret Mahy (ur. 21 marca 1936 w Whakatane, zm. 23 lipca 2012 w Christchurch) – nowozelandzka pisarka, twórczyni literatury dla dzieci i młodzieży, autorka powieści science fiction i fantasy, scenarzystka telewizyjna.

Ukończyła studia na Uniwersytecie Auckland i University of Canterbury. Później została absolwentką New Zealand Library School i pracowała jako bibliotekarka. Otrzymała nagrody literackie: Premier Grafico Award (za powieść The Wind Between the Stars), Premier Grafico Award (za powieść The Boy Who Was Followed Home) sześciokrotnie Esther Glenn Medals (za książki – A Lion in the Meadow, First Margaret Mahy Story Book, The Haunting, Przemiana, Underrunners i 24 Hours), dwukrotnie Carnegie Medal (za The Haunting oraz Przemianę), Best Books for Young Adults (za Przemianę), Society of School Librarians International Book Award oraz Boston Globe/Horn Book Award (obie za powieść Memory), sześciokrotnie New Zealand Post Children's Book Award (za książki Summery Saturday Morning, 24 Hours, Alchemy, Kaitangata Twitch, The Word Witch i Mister Whistler), dwukrotnie Phoenix Award (za powieści The Catalogue of the Universe i Memory), a także The Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture Award, A W Reed Award, Arts Foundation of New Zealand Icon Awards, Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement, Sir Julius Vogel Award i Nagrodę im. Hansa Christiana Andersena. Jej książki – The Haunting, Przemiana, The Great White Man-Eating Shark, The Three-Legged Cat oraz Keeping House doczekały się adaptacji filmowych.

W 1993 została odznaczona Orderem Nowej Zelandii.

Dzieła

Powieści

  • Bus Under the Leaves (1975)
  • The Pirate Uncle (1977)
  • The Great Piratical Rumbustification (1981)
  • The Haunting (1982)
  • The Pirates Mixed-Up Voyage (1983)
  • The Changeover (1984; wydanie polskie 2007 Przemiana)
  • The Birthday Burglar (1984)
  • The Tricksters (1986)
  • The Catalogue of the Universe (1986)
  • Aliens in the Family (1986)
  • Memory (1987)
  • The Blood-and-Thunder Adventure on Hurricane Peak (1989)
  • Raging Robots and Unruly Uncles (1990)
  • The Seven Chinese Brothers (1990)
  • Dangerous Spaces (1991)
  • Underrunners (1992)

seria Cousins Quartet

  1. The Good Fortunes Gang (1993)
  2. A Fortunate Name (1993)
  3. A Fortune Branches Out (1993)
  4. Tangled Fortunes (1994)
  • The Greatest Show Off Earth (1994)
  • Tingleberries, Tuckertubs and Telephones (1995)
  • The Other Side of Silence (1995)
  • Midnight Story (1996)
  • The Five Sisters (1996)
  • Operation Terror (1997)
  • The Horribly Haunted School (1997)
  • Down in the Dump with Dinsmore (1998)
  • A Villain's Night Out (1999)
  • Twenty-four Hours (2000)
  • The Riddle of the Frozen Phantom (2001)
  • Alchemy (2002)
  • The Gargling Gorilla (2003)
  • Maddigan's Fantasia (2005)
  • The Very Wicked Headmistress (2006)
  • Magician of Hoad (2008)
  • Portable Ghosts (2009)
  • Heriot (2009)
  • Organ Music (2010)
  • Tale of a Tail (2014)

Zbiory opowiadań

  • Story Book (1972)
  • Story Book No. 2 (1973)
  • The Third Story Book (1975)
  • Leaf Magic (1976)
  • The Second Margaret Mahy Story Book (1977)
  • Nonstop Nonsense (1977)
  • The Chewing-gum Rescue and Other Stories (1982)
  • The Downhill Crocodile Whizz and Other Stories (1986)
  • Mahy Magic (1986)
  • The Horrible Story and Others (1987)
  • Leaf Magic and Five Other Stories (1988)
  • The Boy Who Bounced and Other Magic Tales (1988)
  • The Door in the Air and Other Stories (1988)
  • Chocolate Porridge and Other Stories (1989)
  • Bubble Trouble (1991)
  • A Tall Story and Other Tales (1991)
  • The Girl with the Green Ear (1992)
  • The World in 1492 (1992; wraz z pięciorgiem innych autorów)
  • A Lion in the Meadow and Other Favourite Stories (1993)
  • Tick Tock Tales (1993)
  • The Puffin Book of Five-minute Stories (1998; wraz z czworgiem innych autorów)
  • Wonderful Me! (2002)
  • Wait for Me! (2003)
  • Shock Forest (2004)
  • Watch Me! (2004)
  • Don't Read This! (2004)
  • Free? (2009; wraz z trzynaściorgiem innych autorów)

Książki ilustrowane

  • A Dragon of an Ordinary Family (1969)
  • A Lion in the Meadow (1969)
  • Mrs. Discombobulous (1969)
  • Pillycock's Shop (1969)
  • The Procession (1969)
  • The Little Witch (1970)
  • Sailor Jack and the Twenty Orphans (1970)
  • The Princess and the Clown (1971)
  • The Boy With Two Shadows (1971)
  • 17 Kings and 42 Elephants (1972)
  • Railway Engine and the Hairy Brigands (1973)
  • Stepmother (1974)
  • The Witch in the Cherry Tree (1974)
  • Rooms to Let (1974)
  • Rare Spotted Birthday Party (1974)
  • Clancy's Cabin (1974)
  • Rooms for Rent (1974)
  • Ultra-violet catastrophe! (1975)
  • The Great Millionaire Kidnap (1975)
  • The Boy Who Was Followed Home (1975)
  • The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate (1976)
  • The Wind Between the Stars (1976)
  • David's Witch Doctor (1976)
  • Mrs. Bubble's Baby (1983)
  • Shopping with a Crocodile (1983)
  • The Great Grumbler and the Wonder Tree (1984)
  • The Spider in the Shower (1984)
  • Ups and Downs (1984)
  • A Crocodile in the Library (1985)
  • Jam (1985)
  • The Adventures of a Kite (1986)
  • The Cake (1986)
  • The Catten (1986)
  • Clever Hamburger (1986)
  • The Earthquake (1986)
  • How Mr. Rooster Didn't Get Married (1986)
  • Kangaroo from Woolloomoolloo (1986)
  • Lavender the Library Cat (1986)
  • Let's Get a Pet (1986)
  • Little Brown House (1986)
  • Magician's Lunch (1986)
  • Morning Dance (1986)
  • Most Scary Ghost (1986)
  • Mouse Monster (1986)
  • Plants of My Aunt (1986)
  • Sophie's Singing Mother (1986)
  • Ten Loopy Caterpillars (1986)
  • Terrible Armadillo (1986)
  • Train That Ran Away (1986)
  • A Very Happy Bathday (1986)
  • The Yuckadoos (1986)
  • The Man Who Enjoyed Grumbling (1986)
  • Moppy's Ball (1986)
  • My Wonderful Aunt (1986)
  • Tai Taylor and His Education (1987)
  • Tai Taylor and the Sweet Annie (1987)
  • Tai Taylor Goes to School (1987)
  • Baby's Breakfast (1987)
  • Feeling Funny (1987)
  • The Funny, Funny Clown Face (1987)
  • The Garden Party (1987)
  • Mr. Rumfitt (1987)
  • Muppy's Ball (1987)
  • The New House Villain (1987)
  • A Pet to the Vet (1987)
  • The Pop Group (1987)
  • Tai Taylor Is Born (1987)
  • The Terrible Topsy-Turvy, Tissy-Tossy Tangle (1987)
  • The Tree Doctor (1987)
  • Trouble On the Bus (1987)
  • Arguments (1987)
  • Beautiful Pig (1987)
  • The Fight On the Hill (1987)
  • Jacko, the Junk Shop Man (1987)
  • Long Grass of Tumbledown Road (1987)
  • Mouse Wedding (1987)
  • The Robber Pig and the Ginger Beer (1987)
  • Robber Pig and the Green Eggs (1987)
  • Squeak in the Gate (1987)
  • Tinny Tiny Tinker (1987)
  • The Girl Who Washed in Moonlight (1987)
  • The Haunting of Miss Cardamom (1987)
  • The King's Jokes (1987)
  • When the King Rides by (1988)
  • Guinea Pig Grass (1988)
  • No Dinner for Sally (1989)
  • The Father Who Walked On His Hands (1989)
  • The Great White Man-eating Shark (1989)
  • Crocodile Crocodile (1990)
  • Leap Year (1990)
  • The Little Round Husband (1990)
  • White Elephants (1990)
  • Making Friends (1990)
  • The Pumpkin Man and the Crafty Creeper (1990)
  • Iris LA Bonga and the Locked Door (1990)
  • Iris La Bonga and the Boomerzoomer (1990)
  • The Solar System (1990)
  • Keeping House (1991)
  • The Queen's Goat (1991)
  • The Dentist's Promise (1991)
  • The Fiddle and the Gun (1992)
  • The Horrendous Hullabaloo (1992)
  • The Dragon's Birthday (1992)
  • The Mad Puppet (1993)
  • A Busy Day for a Good Grandmother (1993)
  • Iris La Bonga and the Helpful Taxi Driver (1993)
  • The Christmas Tree Tangle (1994)
  • The Rattlebang Picnic (1994)
  • The Greatest Binnie in the World (1995)
  • Cobwebs, Elephants and Stars (1996)
  • Solar Systems: Fact or Fiction (1996)
  • Boom Baby, Boom Boom! (1996)
  • The Three Magicians (1997)
  • Beaten by a Balloon (1997)
  • A Good Knee for a Cat (1997)
  • A Summery Saturday Morning (1998)
  • Simply Delicious! (1999)
  • Down the Dragon's Tongue (2000)
  • Dashing Dog! (2002)
  • The Three-legged Cat (2004)
  • Down the Back of the Chair (2006)
  • Stop That Stew! (2009)
  • The Man from the Land of Fandango (2012)
  • Mister Whistler (2012)
  • The Green Bath (2013)
  • Footsteps Through the Fog (2013)
  • Chocolate Porridge (2014)
  • The Witch Dog (2014)
  • The Boy Who Made Things Up (2014)

Tomik poezji

  • The Tin Can Band and Other Poems (1989)

Opowiadania i nowele

  • Don't Cut the Lawn! (1972)
  • Green Needles (1972)
  • The Girl with the Green Ear (1972)
  • The Playground (1972)
  • Thunderstorms and Rainbows (1972)
  • Rooms to Let (1974)
  • Looking for a Ghost (1975)
  • The Wind Between the Stars (1975)
  • Ultra-Violet Catastrophe! (1975)
  • Leaf Magic (1976)
  • Simon's Witch Doctor (1976)
  • The Great Piratical Rambustification (1978)
  • The Librarian and the Robbers (1978)
  • Balancing Acts (1986)
  • Cat and Mouse (1986)
  • Chibbawokki Rain (1986)
  • Elephant Milk, Hippopotamus Cheese (1986)
  • How Honesty Street Won the Beautiful-Street Competition (1986)
  • The Downhill Crocodile Whizz (1986)
  • The Princess and the Clown (1986)
  • The Wonderful Red 'Memory' Stretch-Wool Socks (1986)
  • A Lion in the Meadow (1986)
  • A Work of Art (1988)
  • Perdita and Maddy (1988)
  • The Bridge Builder (1988)
  • The Door in the Air (1988)
  • The Hookywalker Dancers (1988)
  • The House of Coloured Windows (1988)
  • The Magician in the Tower (1988)
  • The Two Sisters (1988)
  • Chocolate Porridge (and who ate it) (1992)
  • The Good Wizard of the Forest (1992)
  • The Merry-go-round (1992)
  • The Trees (1992)
  • Raging Robots and Unruly Uncles (1993)
  • Fingers on the Back of the Neck (1996)
  • Hidden Warriors (2005)
  • Bones (2010)
  • Wolf Night (2011)
  • The Man from the Land of Fandango (2012)
  • The Witch Dog (2014)
  • There's a King in the Cupboard (2015)
  • Aunt Nasty (2015)

Literatura faktu

  • New Zealand (1975)
  • My Mysterious World (1995)
  • A Dissolving Ghost (2000)
  • Awesome Aotearoa (2009)

Bibliografia

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Margaret Mahy at the Kaiapoi Club, 27 July 2011, smiling (digitally altered).jpg
Autor: Original photograph by Kathryn Lynskey. Digitally altered by TimofKingsland., Licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0 nz
 

New Zealand children and young adult's author Margaret Mahy at the Kaiapoi Club (formerly Kaiapoi Workingmen's Club), 27 July 2011.

Waimakariri District Libraries organised the event, called "An Audience with Margaret Mahy", in which she read several of her favourite books to a group of local children during the school holidays.

She is wearing her characteristic rainbow-coloured wig, a multi-coloured scarf with many badges attached, and another smaller multi-coloured scarf.