Введение
Американский писатель Луис Сахар (англ. Louis Sachar; род. 20 марта 1954 года) — американский автор детективных комедий для подростков и молодёжи. Наиболее известен серией книг о школе "Уэйсайд" и романом "Дырки". Роман "Дырки" был удостоен Национальной книжной премии США в области литературы для молодёжи в 1998 году и медали Ньюбери в 1999 году как "самый выдающийся вклад в американскую литературу для детей". В 2013 году в опросе, опубликованном журналом School Library Journal, он занял шестое место среди всех детских романов.
Louis Sachar ('/s//æ//k//ər/ SAKər; born March 20, 1954) is an American young adult mystery comedy author. He is best known for the Wayside School series and the novel Holes. Holes won the 1998 U. S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature
and the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". In 2013, it was ranked sixth among all children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal.
Биография
Сачар родился 20 марта 1954 года в больнице Медоубрук в Ист-Медоу, штат Нью-Йорк. В детстве он посещал еврейскую школу и школу воскресного дня. После окончания средней школы Тастина Сачар учился в Антиохском колледже один семестр, прежде чем перевестись в Калифорнийский университет в Беркли, где начал помогать в начальной школе в обмен на три учебных кредита. Сачар позже вспоминал:
blockquote|I thought it over and decided it was a pretty good deal. College credits, no homework, no term papers, no tests, all I had to do was help out in a second/third grade class at Hillside Elementary School. Besides helping out in a classroom, I also became the Noontime Supervisor, or "Louis the Yard Teacher" as I was known to the kids. It became my favorite college class, and a life changing experience. Sachar wrote the book at night over the course of nine months, during which he worked during the day in a Connecticut sweater warehouse. Sachar graduated from University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1980 and did part time legal work while continuing to write children's books. By 1989, his books were selling well enough that Sachar was able to begin writing full time. an elementary school counselor, in 1985. They live in Austin, Texas, and have a daughter, Sherre, born January 19, 1987. Sachar has mentioned both his wife and daughter in his books; Carla was the inspiration for the counselor in There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom (1988), On November 19, 2005, the Wayside School series was adapted into an animated direct to video special. Two years later, it became a television series with two seasons, airing on the Canadian Teletoon and Nickelodeon in the U. S.
«Я все обдумал и решил, что это довольно выгодное предложение. Учебные кредиты, никаких домашних заданий, курсовых работ, экзаменов, мне нужно было просто помогать в классе второго или третьего класса в начальной школе Хиллсайд. Помимо помощи в классе, я также стал ответственным за обеденный перерыв, или «учителем Луисом на площадке», как меня называли дети. Это стало моим любимым предметом в колледже и опытом, изменившим мою жизнь».
blockquote|I thought it over and decided it was a pretty good deal. College credits, no homework, no term papers, no tests, all I had to do was help out in a second/third grade class at Hillside Elementary School. Besides helping out in a classroom, I also became the Noontime Supervisor, or "Louis the Yard Teacher" as I was known to the kids. It became my favorite college class, and a life changing experience. Sachar wrote the book at night over the course of nine months, during which he worked during the day in a Connecticut sweater warehouse. Sachar graduated from University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1980 and did part time legal work while continuing to write children's books. By 1989, his books were selling well enough that Sachar was able to begin writing full time. an elementary school counselor, in 1985. They live in Austin, Texas, and have a daughter, Sherre, born January 19, 1987. Sachar has mentioned both his wife and daughter in his books; Carla was the inspiration for the counselor in There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom (1988), On November 19, 2005, the Wayside School series was adapted into an animated direct to video special. Two years later, it became a television series with two seasons, airing on the Canadian Teletoon and Nickelodeon in the U. S.
Сачар писал книгу по ночам в течение девяти месяцев, работая днем на складе свитеров в Коннектикуте. Он окончил юридический колледж Гастингса при Калифорнийском университете в 1980 году и занимался юридической практикой неполный рабочий день, продолжая писать детские книги. К 1989 году его книги стали продаваться достаточно хорошо, чтобы Сачар смог полностью посвятить себя писательству. Он познакомился со своей будущей женой, школьным психологом, в 1985 году. Они живут в Остине, штат Техас, и у них есть дочь Шерр, родившаяся 19 января 1987 года. Сачар упоминал свою жену и дочь в своих книгах; Карла послужила прототипом школьного психолога в книге «В туалете для девочек есть мальчик» (1988). 19 ноября 2005 года серия книг «Школа Уэйсайд» была адаптирована в анимационный фильм, выпущенный сразу на видео. Два года спустя она стала телевизионным сериалом из двух сезонов, который транслировался на канадском канале Teletoon и Nickelodeon в США.
blockquote|I thought it over and decided it was a pretty good deal. College credits, no homework, no term papers, no tests, all I had to do was help out in a second/third grade class at Hillside Elementary School. Besides helping out in a classroom, I also became the Noontime Supervisor, or "Louis the Yard Teacher" as I was known to the kids. It became my favorite college class, and a life changing experience. Sachar wrote the book at night over the course of nine months, during which he worked during the day in a Connecticut sweater warehouse. Sachar graduated from University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1980 and did part time legal work while continuing to write children's books. By 1989, his books were selling well enough that Sachar was able to begin writing full time. an elementary school counselor, in 1985. They live in Austin, Texas, and have a daughter, Sherre, born January 19, 1987. Sachar has mentioned both his wife and daughter in his books; Carla was the inspiration for the counselor in There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom (1988), On November 19, 2005, the Wayside School series was adapted into an animated direct to video special. Two years later, it became a television series with two seasons, airing on the Canadian Teletoon and Nickelodeon in the U. S.