A brief biography includes

Making biographies on the pages of authors Biography - the upper block of the author of the author. The purpose of this section is to give an overview of the author’s life path. Based on this, in the general case, the biography includes: a brief overview of the main events of life, a brief overview of creativity, the basic principles of the compilation of Fantlab’s biographies, we do not give assessments, that is, the style of biographies of neutral-encyclopedic, without enthusiasm and emotions; The ambiguous epithets are “legendary”, “magnificent”, etc.

If there were important points in his personal life, they must be indicated, for example, he married and began to work in co -authorship with his wife, or began to correspond with Dontsova and, under her influence, wrote a super -premium novel. The same applies to a brief review of creativity. If it is possible to make a review of creativity even the minimum volume, this should be done; Minimum duplication is our standard principle.

If the information about the composition of the cycle is on the author’s page in the bibliography section, then the composition of the cycle should not be listed in biography. Similarly for the rest of the duplicate information. If you can not duplicate, do not do this; Autobiography is an addition, and not the basis of an autobiography cannot replace the main biography of the author, however: - you can attach an autobiography with a separate article and give a link from the biography to it; - you can use individual elements of autobiography in the biography with a total volume of no more than the fifth part of the entire biography, weaving them into the main text; - You can distinguish a piece of autobiography into the subsection "Author about yourself." When using the elements of an autobiography in the text, it must be borne in mind that most beginner authors are terrible, so it is better to insert it from the author “according to the author ...” instead of the author’s quote, thereby replacing the emotional author’s text with the encyclopedic-neutral in terms of descriptions and life and creativity.

And in this case, after the main block, you can insert a small block “Author about yourself”, which would characterize the author as much as possible. Based on the above principles, the “science fiction laboratory” apply the following rules for working with the biographies of the authors: the biography should be written competently, Russian in compliance with spelling and punctuation rules; be written from a third person; Bake on reliable, verified facts.

The biography should not include subjective interpretations and assessments from the author of the biography; include the annotations or retelling of the plots of the work, replacing them with a review of creativity that the author’s debut is dedicated to the topic of the Earth’s invasion - a phrase from a review; The fact that in the debut novel Filya Kuzkin and his friends are going to fight with invincible kuzkinomathers from deep cosmos 9 - a phrase from the annotation; It is not important for the author’s personal life to detail the smallest details, what was the name of Vasya Pupkin Cat when it was 12 years old; It doesn’t matter that the author likes to write texts in the dining room, sipping strong black coffee.

Such details are insignificant, since they do not reveal the personality of a person as a writer. If this kind of habits has found one or another reflection in the work of the writer, then such material must be presented in terms of its artistic value to disclose the features of the worldview; Excessively duplicate the information that is on the author’s page does not need a complete list of bonuses in the text of the biography, since it is right under it, but the mention of the key is necessary.

The structure of the “Biography” block.

Mandatory elements The first paragraph may consist of one biography sentence unified by structure and must contain a short resume that we have before the author. This paragraph should be enough to make the most general idea of ​​what kind of author it is and in what directions it works. The first proposal of the first paragraph should begin with the name and surname of the author fat, then dash, an indication of the country and what kind of author it is.

For translated authors in brackets, the name in the original language is indicated. Examples: Quote John Dow John Doe is an American writer who works mainly in the genres of dark fantasy and horror. Hyperlinks are required in the first mention of authors, bonuses, magazines and any other materials that are on Fantlabe. Links to the author’s works are possible, but it is advisable to use only with special need.

Important: when creating hyperlinks, you can not use the URL tag - only intrafantlaba tags - this affects the color of the hyperlink. The original names of the works in the text of the biography can not be indicated if the work was translated into Russian in this case indicates the main Russian name, as in the bibliography; If there is no translation, then the original name is necessarily indicated and, if desired, its translation into Russian in brackets after the original name.

Example: quote recommended elements in terms of describing the author’s personal life: place and date of birth; Parents' classes and the influence of family and environment; education and experience that influenced the professional choice of the author; motives and aspirations in childhood and youth; Family, marriage, children. In the part of the writer’s literary activity itself: how the writer's path in literature began; What is known to what books, cycles, collections, etc.

In the conclusion of the biographical bloc: the current position of the author, family, hobbies, plans. The results of the life path and the circumstances of death if the writer has already died. Authors, Books Authors in Alphabet:.