Hombre En La Tierra
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Publicado: 18 de octubre de 2011
THE BOOKS
Robert Swindells was born in Bradford, the eldest of five children, on the eve of the Second World War. Although at school he showed a flair for descriptive and narrative writing, Robertfailed his 11-plus. He left school at the age of 15 to become a copyholder on a local newspaper – “reading aloud from the original copy while the proof reader checked it”.
Robert’s first ambitionwas to become an RAF Spitfire pilot and he did indeed join the RAF, aged 17, but found himself a clerk “on the ground”. Following his discharge from national service in 1960, he had a variety of jobs(see above). In 1969, at the age of thirty, he decided to train as a teacher. He taught for eight years before becoming a full-time writer.
Robert’s first book When Darkness Comes was a historicalnovel which he began as part of his teacher training course. Robert writes for 7 to 17 year-olds. Puffin is the main publisher of Robert’s teenage fiction - some of the most compelling and challengingwriting around for young people.
Swindells has won fans amongst both young readers and critics. He has won numerous awards and is one of only four authors to have won the prestigious Children’s BookAward twice (for Brother in the Land and Room 13).
Robert Swindells' characters inhabit a real and familiar world. The setting is frequently Yorkshire and the issues are utterly contemporary. “Ikeep up with slang and what interests (young people),” he says. Robert respects the maturity of his young readers, offering them compelling imaginative experiences in language which is both potent andeasily accessible.
Often the impetus to write has been anger – about nuclear weapons or homelessness for instance. Robert’s passionate beliefs have not always made for an easy life. In June 1987,he was jailed for seven days for taking part in CND’s ‘Snowball’ campaign.
When Stone Cold won the 1994 Carnegie Medal, Robert had to contend with controversy and outcry as well as widespread...
Robert Swindells was born in Bradford, the eldest of five children, on the eve of the Second World War. Although at school he showed a flair for descriptive and narrative writing, Robertfailed his 11-plus. He left school at the age of 15 to become a copyholder on a local newspaper – “reading aloud from the original copy while the proof reader checked it”.
Robert’s first ambitionwas to become an RAF Spitfire pilot and he did indeed join the RAF, aged 17, but found himself a clerk “on the ground”. Following his discharge from national service in 1960, he had a variety of jobs(see above). In 1969, at the age of thirty, he decided to train as a teacher. He taught for eight years before becoming a full-time writer.
Robert’s first book When Darkness Comes was a historicalnovel which he began as part of his teacher training course. Robert writes for 7 to 17 year-olds. Puffin is the main publisher of Robert’s teenage fiction - some of the most compelling and challengingwriting around for young people.
Swindells has won fans amongst both young readers and critics. He has won numerous awards and is one of only four authors to have won the prestigious Children’s BookAward twice (for Brother in the Land and Room 13).
Robert Swindells' characters inhabit a real and familiar world. The setting is frequently Yorkshire and the issues are utterly contemporary. “Ikeep up with slang and what interests (young people),” he says. Robert respects the maturity of his young readers, offering them compelling imaginative experiences in language which is both potent andeasily accessible.
Often the impetus to write has been anger – about nuclear weapons or homelessness for instance. Robert’s passionate beliefs have not always made for an easy life. In June 1987,he was jailed for seven days for taking part in CND’s ‘Snowball’ campaign.
When Stone Cold won the 1994 Carnegie Medal, Robert had to contend with controversy and outcry as well as widespread...
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