Biography of Douglas Adams

11 March 1952 11 August 2001 Douglas Noel Adams was born on 11 March of 1952 in Cambridge, England, the son of Christopher and Janet. Science fiction writer, screenwriter and author of humorous, his most famous work is "the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".

Childhood

Living with both parents until the age of five, when my parents get divorced and he was entrusted to the maternal grandparents in Essex, in Brentwood. After having attended the local Primary School, Primrose Hill joined Brentwood School, an independent Institute attended, at the time, also by Charles Thomson. Since I was little kid has the chance to get noticed: not only because it already at twelve 1 meter high and 83, but especially for his imagination and his writing skills. Is among the most prolific authors of "Broadhseet", the school newspaper, for which he designed one of the covers, and in 1965 wrote a story being published by the journal for kids "The eagle".

Studies and early work

Afterwards, Douglas Adams studied at Cambridge and embarks on a journey to Istanbul by hitchhiking. In 1974 he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree, before obtaining the master's degree in English literature at St John's College. He devoted himself to the writing, and works with John Lloyd and Graham Chapman to some television productions, including "Monty Python's Flying Circus". Become a scriptwriter for the Bbc, writing several episodes of the show "Doctor Who". In 1976, however, his career is in crisis, and Douglas falls ill with depression.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Back in the spotlight with "The Burkiss Way" and "The News Huddlines", back to writing scripts for "Doctor Who" (among other episodes, "The pirate planet", "City of death" and "Shada"), and since 1977 writes and produces a radio series, "the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (original title: "The hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy"), produced in collaboration with Simon Brett. The series in serial form is transmitted from the following year by the Bbc. The success is such that Douglas Adams decides to write the novel "the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", which was released in 1979 and which confirms public appreciation. The book, which combines philosophical reflection, science fiction and humor, reaches the top of the British charts, and was followed in 1980 by "the restaurant at the end of the universe".

The love relationships

In the same year, Adams moved to Duncan Terrace, before moving-a few months later-in Islington. During the same period starts a love affair with novelist Sally Emerson; When they break, Adams got engaged to Jane Belson, with which he went to live in Los Angeles.

Gli anni ' 80

After having published in 1982 "life, the universe and everything", two years later the author of Cambridge creates "Goodbye and thanks for all the fish". In 1985 Adams began writing a series of novels they see as protagonist Dirk Gently, holistic detective: the realization kicks off during a voyage with Mark Carwardine in Madagascar. The first work, entitled ' Dirk Gently. Holistic detective agency "(original title:" Dirk Gently's holistic detective agency "), was released two years later, while the 1988 dates from" the long dark tea-time of the soul "(original title:" The long dark tea-time of the soul ").

Gli anni ' 90

In 1991, after giving published "the last chance" (report of his voyage around the world discovering animal species in danger of extinction), Adams is married to Jane, while the following year he published "mostly harmless"; in 1994 he becomes father of Polly Jane Rocket. Passionate about-in the meantime-to biology, and specifically to evolutionary biology, embarks on a relationship of solid friendship with Richard Dawkins, the famous evolutionary biologist. In 1999 he moved with his family to California in Santa Barbara. Meanwhile wrote the radio series "The Internet: the last battleground of the 20th century". In Santa Barbara Douglas Adams died on 11 May 2001, at the age of 49 years, due to a heart attack victim of which remains after training at a private gym in Montecito: fatal cardiac arrhythmia caused by a progressive is a narrowing of the coronary arteries. The funeral of Douglas, leaving unfinished his latest novel "The salmon of doubt", take place five days later, his body was later cremated, with ashes placed in Highgate Cemetery in London.

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