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Does anyone know the resume of science fiction writer neil gaiman?

I believe many people know neil gaiman's name. The recent blockbuster Stardust was adapted from his works. Gaiman was born in Hampshire, England on June 1960165438+1October 65438. Despite his Jewish origin, he attended several Anglican schools and studied general courses and religious subjects, which laid a broad theological and religious foundation for him and became one of the sources of future creation.

Grew up in England with a unique sense of humor and a strong magical atmosphere, Gaiman fell hopelessly in love with the fantasy world written by J R R Tolkien and C. S.Lewis, and then became a hardcore science fiction fan. Like many children who love books, he has a dream of becoming a writer; But like many children, he hasn't written for a long time. In an interview, Gaiman said: "When I was in my early twenties, I met a dark and long night. It was the kind of night that you would only meet once or twice in your life, and even your soul would be dim." I can't sleep, and my mind keeps thinking,' I always thought I could write something good, but I didn't try at all'. This is not bad. To make matters worse, in another 50 or 60 years, I may lie in my hospital bed and say to myself,' I could have become a writer'. But by then, I don't even know if this is a lie. "

Gaiman began to write, but the results were not satisfactory and all the manuscripts were returned; So he decided to change the way, starting with understanding the publishing industry, and journalists and freelance writers became his new goals. In the following years, Gaiman wrote many articles for many magazines, such as interviews, book reviews and film reviews. He even wrote a book about humorous science fiction "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", which was regarded as a classic handed down from generation to generation.

Shortly thereafter, Gaiman met alan moore, the top playwright in the American comic industry, and began his comic career. After several years of experience and accumulation, at the age of 27, he set out to create a series of cartoons called Sandman, which became an instant hit. In this series, Gaiman has created a fascinating story with Morpheus, the god in charge of the world dream, as the protagonist. The background is sometimes in the desert of China's western regions, sometimes in the underworld, and sometimes even in the background of other literary or comic works. The span of time and space is amazing. He even collaborated with Japanese painter Yoshitaka Amano to publish a comic novel "The Sandman: Capturing Dreams" based on the legend of Japanese ghost fox. More importantly, he broke the model of American hero comics, attracted a large number of intellectuals and female readers with a deep and dark tone, quoted dialogues and bizarre plots, and had a great influence on the whole comic industry. During the period from 1987 to 1996, Gaiman created 75 cartoons and won numerous cartoon awards. Among them, issue 19, A Midsummer Night's Dream, an interesting story about the encounter between Morpheus and Shakespeare and their cooperative relationship, won the World Fantasy Award and became the first comic book to win the literary prize.

In this decade, Gaiman also created many other cartoons and novels. Among them, Good Omens, written in collaboration with terry pratchett, the author of Dishes World and a master of humor and fantasy, is the most striking. In this book, 1 1 Adam, the son of Satan, a pair of angels and demons who have been in contact for more than 4,000 years, the descendants of witches, part-time witch hunters and other bizarre characters, in the works of two writers who are good at English humor, staged a series of hilarious scenes before the end of the world. It has also won many nominations such as the World Fantasy Award.

In the following years, he gradually shifted his focus to novels and plays. 1997 cooperated with BBC TV to write a script for the six-episode series "Neverwhere", which was quickly rewritten into a novel. In the same year, the exquisite graphic novel Stardust was published, 1999 was reprinted in the form of pure novel, and won the Mythopoeic Award of that year.

200 1 year is a milestone for neil gaiman. His elaborate novel "American Gods" made a grand debut. This cross-genre work, dubbed by readers as "Fantasy Gothic, Horrible, Romantic and Humorous Road Fiction in the Dark City of Myth", tells the fierce struggle between old gods headed by Odin and the new generation of gods headed by "media" and "high-tech", and reflects the real face of contemporary America and its fierce conflict with world outlook and values. This book stayed in many charts for a long time, causing quite a stir in the United States and even the world, and then won all the fantasy novel awards of that year.