Mr Majeika and the School Inspector
Humphrey Carpenter worked at the BBC before becaming a full-time writer in 1975. He was the author of 14 of the well-loved Mr Majeika titles as well as two Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits titles for children. He was also the co-author, with his wife Mari Prichard, of The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. He was an eminent figure in the world of adult literature and published award-winning biographies including, among others, those of J. R. R Tolkein, C. S. Lewis, W. H. Auden, Benjamin Britten and Spike Milligan. From 1994-1996 he directed the Cheltenham Festival of Literature and for many years he ran a young people's drama group…
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- ISBN: 978-0-14-036288-6
- EAN: 9780140362886
- Produktnummer: 17614920
- Verlag: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1993
- Seitenangabe: 96 S.
- Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.7 cm x D0.7 cm 78 g
- Gewicht: 78
- Sonstiges: Children / Juvenile
Über den Autor
Humphrey Carpenter (1946-2005), the author and creator of Mr Majeika, was born and educated in Oxford. He went to a school called the Dragon School where exciting things often happened and there were some very odd teachers - you could even call it magical! He worked for the BBC then became a full-time writer in 1975, and he was the author of many award-winning biographies, including books about J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Benjamin Britten and Spike Milligan.As well as the Mr Majeika titles, his children's books also included Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits and More Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits. He wrote plays for radio and theatre and founded the children's drama group The Mushy Pea Theatre Company. He played the tuba, double bass, bass saxophone and keyboard. Humphrey once said, 'The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks. Words are the only tricks you need. I can write: He floated up to the ceiling, and a baby rabbit came out of his pocket, grew wings and flew away. And you will believe that it really happened! That's magic, isn't it?'
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