Cecil Scott Forester: biography thiab creativity

2024 Tus sau: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Kawg hloov kho: 2024-02-26 05:10

Cecil Scott Forester tau paub rau ntau tus neeg nyeem tom qab cov phau ntawv hais txog midshipman Hornblower. Tab sis nws tus cwj mem tsis yog tsuas yog rau cov dab neeg ntxim nyiam ntawm kev lom zem ntawm cov tub ntxhais hluas Horatio. Cecil Scott tau sau ntau phau ntawv keeb kwm, cov dab neeg hauv hiav txwv thiab cov dab neeg tshawb nrhiav ntxim nyiam, ib qho uas tau luam tawm 44 xyoo tom qab tus kws sau ntawv tuag.

Cecil Scott Forester, tus yau tshaj ntawm tsib tus menyuam, yug rau 27 Lub Yim Hli 1899 rau ib tus neeg Askiv hauv Cairo, George Smith thiab Sarah Totron. Cov niam thiab cov menyuam rov qab los rau Askiv thaum Cecil muaj ob xyoos. Teb chaws Aas Kiv zoo li tus tub txias thiab tsis nyiam.

Thaum nws muaj peb xyoos, nws raug xa mus rau tsev kawm ntawv thaum yau, thaum lub sijhawm nws nyeem tau thiab sau ntawv. Nws kawm tau zoo, tab sis qhov no tsis tau cawm nws ntawm kev thuam ntawm nws cov phooj ywg hauv chav kawm vim nws lub cev tsis muaj zog. Tab sis tus tub hluas tau mob siab rau kev paub, dhau li ntawd, cov viv ncaus thiab cov kwv tij yeej tau txais nyiaj pab kawm ntawv, thiab Cecil yuav tsum ua tib yam. Nws nyiam nyeem ntawv ua si. Nws tau los ua ib qho ntawm nws tus cwj pwm niaj hnub.

Cov tub ntxhais kawm

Tom qab kawm tiav ntawm Alleyn Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv ntawm Dulwich College hauv London, Cecil tau kawm tshuaj hauv Guy's Hospital. Thaum Tsov Rog Thoob Ntiaj Teb thib 1, nws tau sim mus rau pem hauv ntej, tab sis tsis dhau qhov kev kuaj mob vim yog kev ua txhaum ntawm lub plawv dhia. Thaum lub sijhawm kuaj, nws tau sau ntawv rau cov ntawv xov xwm hauv tsev kho mob thiab pom tias nws nyiam qhov haujlwm no ntau dua li tshuaj.

Thaum Tsov Rog Ntiaj Teb Zaum II, Forester tau tsiv mus rau Tebchaws Meskas thiab ua haujlwm ntawm British Ministry of Information, qhov chaw nws tau sau cov ntawv tshaj tawm txhawb nqa Asmeskas kom koom nrog cov phoojywg.

Forester txiav txim siab mob siab rau nws tus kheej rau cov ntaub ntawv thiab xyoo 1920 nws tawm hauv tsev kawm ntawv kho mob. Tab sis tsis yog txhua yam mus zoo nyob rau hauv txoj hauj lwm ntawm ib tug novice sau ntawv. Cov tshaj tawm tsis lees paub thawj yam haujlwm. Thiab Forester ua siab ntev rewrite lawv ntau thiab ntau dua, honing nws txawj sau ntawv.

Creativity

Cecil Scott Forester yeej tsis muaj qhov khoom plig loj. Nws qhov txiaj ntsig nyob rau lwm qhov: nws tsim ib tus cwj pwm uas nws lub npe tau dhau los ua ib feem ntawm kev hais lus txhua hnub. Qhov twg Cecil tus cwj pwm "tau siv" rau qhov tseeb tuaj yeem txiav txim tau los ntawm txoj kev Thawj Tswj Hwm Jimmy Carter tau qhuas tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Hubert Horatio Humphrey xyoo 1980.

Kev lig kev cai, Carter tau xaus nws cov lus hais tias: "Tus neeg Asmeskas zoo, Hubert Horatio Hornblower." Ob peb hnov, tab sis tus thawj tswj hwm tau piav qhia hmo ntawd uas nws xav txog tsis muaj lwm yam tshaj li tus neeg tsis txawj tuag ntawm tub rog Horatio Hornblower, tsim los ntawm S. S. Forester.

Hornblower Series

Lub sijhawm tsib caug xyoo ua haujlwm ua tus kws sau ntawv, Forester tau sau kaum ib phau ntawv txog Hornblower. Thawj ntawm cov no, Midshipman Hornblower, tau luam tawm xyoo 1960. Nws tsis xeeb lawv li ib tug series, tab sis rau nees nkaum xyoo nws rov qab mus rau nws tus hlub hero. Ntxiv nrog rau cov dab neeg tshiab, muaj tsib zaj dab neeg luv luv hauv tib lub voj voog.

Thaum taug kev raws ntug hiav txwv Bering, Forester tau mob atherosclerosis. Lub siab xav sau tau coj nws rov qab los. Thaum mob, nws tau ua haujlwm ntawm phau ntawv Hornblower hauv West Indies. Forester xav tias yog nws tuag, tsawg kawg cov dab neeg yuav nyob twj ywm. Yog li ntawd, txhua tshooj nyob rau hauv phau ntawv no yog zoo li ib tug tiav lawm tshiab. Yim xyoo tom qab, xyoo 1966, tus kws sau ntawv tuag. Thiab ib qho ntawm nws zaj dab neeg txog Hornblower - "Trafalgar Cua" - tseem ua tsis tiav.

Daim ntawv teev cov phau ntawv Hornblower los ntawm Forester Cecil Scott nyob rau hauv kev txiav txim ntawm kev sau los ntawm tus sau:

• 1937 - "Txhua yam nyob hauv qhov chaw!";
• 1937 - "Nkoj ntawm Kab";
• 1938 - "Nyob rau hauv Banner ntawm yeej";
• 1945 - Commodore Hornblower;
• 1946 - "Tus Tswv Hornblower";
• 1950 - Midshipman Hornblower;
• 1952 - "Lieutenant Hornblower";
• 1953 - "Hornblower thiab Atropa";
• 1958 - "Admiral Hornblower hauv West Indies";
• 1962 - "Hornblower and the Desperate";
• 1967 - Trafalgar Cua.

Phau ntawv thiab hloov pauv

Ntxiv rau cov dab neeg Hornblower, Cecil Scott Forester tau sau nees nkaum plaub zaj dab neeg, ob phau ntawv luv luv thiab kaum phau ntawv tsis tseeb. Thawj ntawm cov no, Retribution by Installments, tuaj tawm xyoo 1926. Qhov no detective yog suav hais tias yog ib qho zoo tshaj plaws rauthoob plaws hauv keeb kwm ntawm hom ntawv. Forester tau ua tiav qhov nws npau suav ntawm.

Cov yeeb yam uas nws sau tau ua nyob rau sab hnub poob. Tom qab kev tshaj tawm ntawm Tus General thiab Tus Poj huab tais African nyob rau xyoo 1930s, Forester thiab Hollywood pom. Kaum ntawm tus sau phau ntawv tau raug ua yeeb yaj kiab, ib zaj yeeb yaj kiab raws li cov yeeb yaj kiab hais txog Captain Hornblower tau ua:

• Payment Deferred (1932);
• Brown on Resolution (1935);
• Eagle Squadron (1942);
• "The Commandos Attack at Dawn" (1942);
• "Eternity and Day" (1943);
• "Tus poj huab tais African" (1951);
• "Captain Horatio" (1951);
• "Royal Sailor" (1953);
• "Pride and Passion" (1957);
• "Sink the Bismarck" (1960).

Dab tsis sau ntawv

Hauv xyoo 2011, lub npe ntawm Cecil Scott Forester flashed hauv tag nrho cov ntawv xov xwm. Nws tau tshaj tawm tias qhov ploj tshiab "Lub Pursued" yuav mus nias. Nws tau sau xyoo 1935, tab sis tus kws sau ntawv txiav txim siab tsis xa cov ntawv sau rau kev tshaj tawm, vim nws xav tsom mus rau Hornblower dabneeg.

Hauv xyoo 2003, ib daim ntawv theej ntawm Forester cov ntawv tau tshwm sim ntawm kev sib tw hauv London, tus neeg muag khoom xav tsis qhia npe. Tus sau nws tus kheej hais tias cov ntawv sau ploj lawm. Tab sis tej zaum muaj ib daim ntawv luam qhov chaw hauv lub pantry. Cov neeg thuam tau sau tseg tias Forester qhov kev ua txhaum tshiab, suav nrog tag nrho cov canons ntawm cov neeg tshawb nrhiav ib hom ntawv, nthuav qhia cov kev xav thiab kev xav ntawm cov cim, thiab sab tsaus ntuj ntawm London lub neej.

Tag nrho cov yeeb yaj kiab hais txog kev lom zem ntawm tus thawj coj hiav txwv Hornblower thiab obdetective "Retribution in installments" thiab "Tsis txhob Wake the Beast." Kev txiav txim siab los ntawm kev tawm tswv yim los ntawm cov neeg nyeem, Cecil Scott Forester cov phau ntawv tsim nyog mloog: tus sau tau ntxim nyiam tsim lub ntiaj teb nyob ib puag ncig nws cov cim, sau cov ntsiab lus thiab cov cim.