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Mark Haddon (born 28 October 1962) is an English novelist, best known for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003). He won the Whitbread Award, the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award, Guardian Prize, and a Commonwealth Writers Prize for his work.

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Mark Haddon
Born	(1962-10-28) 28 October 1962 (age 60) Northampton, Northamptonshire England
Occupation	Writer, illustrator
Nationality	British
Education	MA, English Literature
Alma mater	Merton College, Oxford Uppingham School, Spratton Hall School
Period	1987–present (as writer)
Genre	Novels, children's literature, poetry, screenplays, radio drama
Notable awards	Whitbread Book of the Year 2003 Guardian Prize 2003
Spouse	Sos Eltis
Website
markhaddon.com

Life, work and studies

In 2003, Haddon won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award—in the Novels rather than Children's Books category—for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. He also won the Commonwealth Writers Prize in the Best First Book category, as The Curious Incident was considered his first book written for adults;[1] he also won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime award judged by a panel of children's writers.[2] The book was furthermore long listed for the 2003 Man Booker Prize.[3]

The Curious Incident is written from the perspective of an autistic 15-year-old boy, Christopher John Francis Boone. In an interview at Powells.com, Haddon claimed that this was the first book that he wrote intentionally for an adult audience; he was surprised when his publisher suggested marketing it to both adult and child audiences (it has been very successful with adults and children alike).[1]

His short story "The Pier Falls" was longlisted for the 2015 Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award, the richest prize in the world for a single short story.[4]

Personal life

Haddon is a vegetarian. He describes himself as a "hard-line atheist."[5][6]

Haddon lives in Oxford with his wife Sos Eltis, a Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, and their two sons.[5]

Works

• Gilbert's Gobstopper (1987)
• Toni and the Tomato Soup (1988)
• A Narrow Escape for Princess Sharon (1989)
• Agent Z Meets the Masked Crusader (1993)
• Titch Johnson, Almost World Champion (1993)
• Agent Z Goes Wild (1994)
  • At Home
  • At Playgroup
  • In the Garden
  • On Holiday
• Gridzbi Spudvetch! (1992)
• The Real Porky Philips (1994)
• Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars (1995)
• The Sea of Tranquility (1996)
• Secret Agent Handbook
• Agent Z and the Killer Bananas (2001)
• Ocean Star Express (2001)
• The Ice Bear's Cave (2002)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003)
• Boom! (An improved version of Gridzbi Spudvetch) (2009)

For adults

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003)
• A Spot of Bother (2006)
• The Red House (2012)
• The Pier Falls (2016)
• The Porpoise (2019)
• Social Distance (graphic novel, 2020)[7]

Poetry

• The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea

Play

• Polar Bears (2010)

See also

References

External links

• Official website
• Mark Haddon at British Council: Literature
• Mark Haddon at IMDb
• Mark Haddon discussed the rituals and processes that guides his work.
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (official)
• A Spot of Bother (official)
• Interview: Coming Down the Mountain
• Haddon, Mark. "Writers' rooms: Mark Haddon", The Guardian (London), 29 June 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
• Freeman, Hadley. "Novelist Mark Haddon talks to Hadley Freeman", The Guardian (London), 29 May 2006. Retrieved 31 May 2011.

На других языках

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[de] Mark Haddon

Mark Haddon (* 28. Oktober 1962 in Northampton) ist ein britischer Schriftsteller.

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- [en] Mark Haddon

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[ru] Хэддон, Марк

Марк Хэддон (англ. Mark Haddon; р. 1962) — английский писатель. Наиболее известен своим романом «Загадочное ночное убийство собаки» (2003).

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