2013.03.10 作家David Almond

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Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the writer David Almond.

Most of his work is for children but the adults who populate the juries of heavyweight literary prizes really like it too. The accolades began with his first novel Skellig published in 1998 when he was 47; it won the mighty "Whitbread Children's" award and then many others besides.

Ever since, he's been acclaimed for his ability to craft complex, philosophical narratives with strikingly down to earth characterisations.

He grew up just outside Newcastle in a big, Catholic family and his childhood features heavily in his stories.

He says "Each of my books has had to be written - there was something that had to come out."



发布日期：2013年3月10日发布时间：一年多以前
Kirsty Young本周的弃儿是作家David Almond。

他的大部分作品是为儿童创作的，但那些担任重量级文学奖评委的成年人也非常喜欢。他的荣誉始于1998年他47岁时出版的第一部小说《斯凯利格》；它赢得了强大的 "惠特布雷德儿童 "奖，然后是其他许多奖项。

从那时起，他就因其精心创作复杂的哲学叙事和引人注目的朴实人物形象的能力而备受赞誉。

他在纽卡斯尔郊外的一个天主教大家庭中长大，他的童年在他的故事中占有很大比重。

他说："我的每一本书都是不得不写的--有一些东西是必须要出来的。