John Marsden

John Marsden (born September 27, 1950 in Melbourne ) is an Australian writer of youth literature.

Life

youth

John Marsden was born in 1950 as the third child in a family of four. He spent most of his youth in the Australian countryside, moving first to Kyneton and later to Devonport . At the age of ten, his family moved to Sydney , where he attended The King's School in Parramatta . This school is known for its military style of teaching.

After graduating from this school, he began studying law and art at the University of Sydney . He worked in a mortuary as a security guard before becoming an English teacher . He taught at Geelong Grammar School for nine years and became the head of the English department on the school's Timbertop campus.

arrest

In 1982 he was arrested for protesting against the construction of the Franklin Dam . Since all the prisons nearby were full, he was taken to the strictly protected HM Prison Risdon . He later stated that he used this experience to write some passages in Dear Tracey, Dear Mandy, and the Tomorrow series.

Writing

He became known through the Tomorrow - series . Tomorrow When The War Began saw 26 reprints in Australia. His books have been translated into 15 languages ​​and have received numerous awards. Not all of his works have been translated into the German language.

Further life

Marsden currently holds writers' conferences for both people who already write and young people who want to learn to write. He holds the workshops personally. At times he works at the theater.

Works

Youth literature

• So Much To Tell You (1987): Marina's Different Voice . Ueberreuter Verlag, 1992. ISBN 978-3-8000-2749-1 . Or: I have so much to tell you . Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 2003. ISBN 978-3-423-78188-6
• The Great Gatenby (1989)
• The Journey
• Staying Alive In Year 5
• Out Of Time (1990)
• Letters From The Inside (1991): Dear Tracey, dear Mandy . Beltz Verlag, 1995
• Take My Word For It (1992)
• Looking For Trouble (1993)
• Everything I Know About Writing (1993)
• Cool School (1996)
• Creep Street (1996)
• Checkers (1996): Checkers . Arena Verlag, 2000. ISBN 978-3-401-02599-5
• Dear Miffy (1997): See you soon! Tony . Oetinger Verlag, 2000. ISBN 978-3-7891-4220-8
• Secret Men's Business (1998)
• Winter (2000): Winter. She is sixteen. Time to go back . Ueberreuter Verlag, 2002. ISBN 978-3-8000-2967-9
• The Rabbits

Tomorrow series

• see also the Tomorrow series

filming

In November 2010, the film adaptation of Tomorrow Was War with the title Tomorrow, When the War Began was released in Australia and was the most successful film of the year there. The filming locations were in Australia, New South Wales. The film was released in Germany in May 2011 on DVD and Blu-ray.

Awards and nominations

• 1988: Children's Book of the Year Award for the book "So Much To Tell You"
• 1999: Buxtehuder Bulle youth book award (Youth Book Award) for the book "Against every chance"
• 2005: Nomination for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA)
• 10/2007: hr2 audio book best list for the audio book "Dear Tracey, dear Mandy"
• 2008: German audio book award in the category Best Children's and Young People's Audio Book for the audio book "Dear Tracey, dear Mandy"

Individual evidence

1. ^ Tomorrow Series
2. ↑ Buxtehuder Bulle ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ ALMA
4. ↑ Reading experience
5. ^ German audio book award

Web links

• Literature by and about John Marsden in the catalog of the German National Library
• IMDB Tomorrow, When the War Began (English)
• John Marsen at Buxtehuder Bulle