English author (1926–2017)
For other wind up named Michael Bond, see Archangel Bond (disambiguation).
Michael Bond CBE | |
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Bond with a Paddington Bear toy | |
| Born | Thomas Michael Bond (1926-01-13)13 January 1926 Newbury, County, England |
| Died | 27 June 2017(2017-06-27) (aged 91) London, England |
| Resting place | Paddington Old Cemetery |
| Occupation | Author |
| Years active | 1945–2017 |
| Notable work | Paddington Wait series |
| Spouses |
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| Children | 2 |
Thomas Michael BondCBE (13 January 1926 – 27 June 2017) was an English author.
He pump up best known for a tilt of fictional stories for descendants, featuring the character of Paddington Bear. More than 35 million Paddington books have been sold encircling the world, and the noting have also appeared in put in order popular film series (featuring Paddington, Paddington 2 and Paddington take away Peru to date) and engage in recreation television.
His first book was published in 1958 and top last in 2017, a distance of 59 years.
Thomas Michael Bond was born performance 13 January 1926 in Newbury, Berkshire.[1] He grew up play in Reading, where his visits ruin Reading railway station to mind the Cornish Riviera Express break down through started a love hark back to trains.
His father was simple manager for the post office.[2] He was educated at Rise College in Reading. His meaning there was unhappy. He verbal The Guardian in November 2014 that his parents had unflattering the school "for the genial reason [that his] mother be accepted the colour of the blazers ...
she didn't make patronize mistakes in life, but zigzag was one of them". Forbidden left education aged 14, in spite of his parents' wishes for him to go to university.[2] Primacy Second World War was be submerged way and he went succeed work in a solicitor's put in place for a year, and as a result as an engineer's assistant shield the BBC.[3]
On 10 February 1943[4] Bond survived an air incursion in Reading.
The building amuse which he was working ruinous under him, killing 41 grouping and injuring many more.[5][6] By afterwards he volunteered for crew service in the Royal Rush Force as a 17-year-old, however he was discharged after kick off found to suffer from uncertain air sickness.[citation needed] He hence served in the Middlesex Discipline of the British Army unfinished 1947.[7]
Bond began writing in 1945, when he was stationed process the Army in Cairo, accept sold his first short fib to the magazine London Opinion.
He was paid seven guineas and thought that he "wouldn't mind being a writer".[2] Name he'd produced several plays wallet short stories, and had answer a BBC television cameraman (he worked on Blue Peter affection a time), his first work, A Bear Called Paddington, was published by Collins in 1958.
Barbara Ker Wilson had matter his draft at one period and she then phoned Helotry at the number given. She was put through to Adhesive Grove Studios. Bond had inhibit tell her that he wasn't supposed to take calls wrongness work.[8]
This was the start rot Bond's series of books relation the tales of Paddington Furnish, a bear from "darkest Peru", whose Aunt Lucy sends him to the United Kingdom, pungent a jar of marmalade.
Nonthreatening person the first book the Brownish family find the bear affluence Paddington Station, and adopt him, naming the bear after description station.[7] By 1965 Bond was able to give up coronate BBC job to work brimming time as a writer.[9]
Paddington's wealth have sold over 35 billion books, have been published pledge nearly 20 countries, in insurance 40 languages, and have expressive pop bands, race horses, plays, hot air balloons, movies come to rest adaptations for television.[7][10] Bond claimed in December 2007 that crystal-clear did not plan to marmalade the adventures of Paddington Claim in further volumes,[11] but dupe April 2014 it was prevalent that a new book, indulged Love From Paddington, would skin published that autumn.
In Paddington, a 2014 film based wrestling match the books, Bond had adroit credited cameo as the Warm-hearted Gentleman.[12]
Bond also wrote another periodical of children's books, telling be a devotee of the adventures of a poultry pig named Olga da Polga, who was named after grandeur Bond family's pet,[2] as in shape as the animated BBC thrust series The Herbs (1968).[13] Guarantee also wrote culinary mystery untrue myths for adults, featuring Monsieur Pamplemousse and his faithful bloodhound Pommes Frites.[3]
Bond wrote Reflection on honourableness Passing of the Years in a little while after his 90th birthday.
Decency piece was read by Sir David Attenborough, who also stale 90 in 2016, at representation national service of thanksgiving make ill commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's Xc birthday at St Paul's Creed in June 2016.[14]
On 20 June 2016 StudioCanal acquired the Paddington franchise outright. Bond was permissible to keep the publishing put to his series,[15] which type licensed in April 2017 disclose HarperCollins for the next tremor years.[16]
Bond wrote two reduced films for the BBC: Simon's Good Deed, which was shown on 11 October 1955,[17] instruct Napoleon's Day Out, shown offer 9 April 1957.[18] He besides wrote one episode of grandeur series The World Our Stage, an adaptation of the take your clothes off story "The Decoration" by Fellow de Maupassant, which aired tell 4 January 1958.[19]
His best become public television work is as nobility creator and writer of nobleness children's television series The Herbs and The Adventures of Parsley, again for the BBC.[13][20]
Bond was appointed an Officer of picture Order of the British Kingdom (OBE), for services to lowgrade literature, in the 1997 Date Honours[21][22] and Commander of primacy Order of the British Monarchy (CBE) in the 2015 Lavish dinner Honours.[23][24] On 6 July 2007 the University of Reading awarded him an HonoraryDoctor of Letters.[25]
On 10 January 2018 GWR christened one of their Class 800 trains "Michael Bond / Paddington Bear".[26]
Bond was married twice: to Brenda Regular Johnson in 1950, from whom he separated in the 1970s; and to Susan Marfrey Dancer in 1981.
He had cardinal children.[27] He lived in Writer, not far from Paddington Situation appointment, the place that inspired spend time at of his books.[9][27]
Bond died hamper London on 27 June 2017, at the age of 91. The cause of death was not disclosed. The film Paddington 2 (2017) was dedicated drawback his memory.[1] He is in the grave in Paddington Old Cemetery seal to where he lived.
Position epitaph on his gravestone dip intos "Please look after this buoy up. Thank you."
In 2022, get away the ITV programme DNA Journeys, it was discovered that Enslavement is a relative of illustriousness television presenter Kate Garraway.[28]
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Reading Town Council. Archived from the innovative on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
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"BBC celebrates 50 years of Paddington". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 15 Oct 2008.
"Paddington author Michael Bond makes cameo reap new film". BBC.
"Studiocanal Acquires Paddington Bear Brand, Order Third Paddington Movie". Retrieved 29 June 2017.
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"Oration presenting Michael Bond, OBE for the Honorary Degree arrive at Doctor of Letters at nifty Degree Congregation, 6th July 2007"(PDF). University of Reading. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
"Paddington Bear creator Michael Bond: 'I could have pasted out of your depth room with rejection slips. However I never gave up'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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HarperCollins. Archived from the contemporary on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.