Michael Rosen Biography

Michael's ancestors were immigrants from Poland, Russia and Romania and spoke Yiddish. The boy had two older brothers: Brian and Alan died in infancy before Michael's birth. Harold and Connie were interested in everything related to education, training and books. They really wanted their sons to study well at school. At the same time, the parents of the future writer were cheerful people and loved jokes, stories, songs.

Father liked to sing songs in different languages ​​and recite excerpts from poems or plays. The holidays in their house were always bright and memorable thanks to the inexhaustible imagination of the hosts. Michael's elder brother was a brilliant imitator, arranged jokes in their common bedroom. In addition, Brian believed that he should tell Michael about everything that he was taught at school.

In childhood, Michael spent a lot of time in nature. He loved football, cricket and swimming. Mathematics was not given to the boy, but he managed to write stories well. Then Michael began to compose poetry. He also participated in school performances. The theater was so fascinated by Michael that from twelve years he began to visit the Drama Circle of Yong Questors weekly at the Questors Theater in Ilunga London, although it was long to get there.

By the age of sixteen, Michael Rosen began to actively engage in writing. He was interested in various literary genres, so he wrote poems, and stories, and plays. At the age of fifteen, Michael caught fire to become a doctor, and caring parents always supported him in all endeavors. As a result, he ended up at a medical school at the Middlesex Hospital hospital. Very soon, Michael realized that this profession did not suit him.

In the year, he entered Wadham College, one of the largest colleges of Oxford University, where he studied medicine for another year, and then transferred to English and literature. During his studies, Michael Rosen wrote his plays with might and main, was an actor and director of student performances. In the year, the first book of Rosen was published - the play “Backbone”.

A year later, the play was staged at the Royal Court Theater. Michael Rosen planned to get a job at the theater. At first, Rosen worked on radio feeds and documentaries, and then switched to the PlaySchool children's TV show. In parallel, he worked at half -time in primary schools, where he taught children a letter. After a divorce from her in the year, the writer was more married twice.

He is the father of five relatives and two adopted children. By twenty -two to twenty -three years, Michael Rosen had already gained a pack of poems about the time when he was small. The writer began to send them to publishers, but at first they did not show interest. Finally, the editor of Deutsch's publishing house connected Rosen's poems with bizarre illustrations by Quentin Blake.

Since then, the writer's new works began to be released regularly. And soon the glory of the author of absurd and funny poems entrenched after him. In total - more than 80 poems. The collection also includes brief biographies of the authors. Michael Rosen is known not only for his verses, but also with texts for books-shots. This is a story about how the family goes for a walk that suddenly turned into a bear hunt.

On the way to the goal, the heroes have to overcome different obstacles. When, finally, valiant hunters face their nose with a real “huge bear”, they are so frightened that they run home from all their feet. Everything in this book, published by millions of circulations around the world, resembles a fun game. In the year, a cartoon was released, taken based on the book of Michael Rosen.

The writer retold a lot of fairy tales in a modern way. Michael Rosen decided to continue his education and focus on children's literature. He received the degree of master and candidate of sciences pH. In his works for older children and adolescents, Rosen often affects serious questions. The writer suffered a tragic loss: his eighteen -year -old son Eddie suddenly died of meningitis.

Five years later, Rosen decided to write a book in which he talked about how he was experiencing his grief. The illustrator Quentin Blake made expressive sensitivity into it. Michael Rosen are surprised with the children! In it, Rosen not only gave facts about the life of William Shakespeare and the theater of that time, but also retold several main works. Both are illustrated by Robert Ingpen.

Illustrations for it were created by Quentin Blake. In it, Rosen spoke about his Jewish relatives who missed during the Second World War. The writer was heavily ill with coronavirus. He even had to learn to walk again. But, despite this, Rosen continued to think about his new children's book. She was published in the year called "Rigatoni The Pasta Cat". Michael Rosen performs with his poems in schools, libraries and theaters.

Rosen likes to share techniques that helped him become a successful children's writer. Michael Rosen's voice is well signed by British radio listeners. The writer regularly appears in various programs. Rosen is also a guest of television programs.As of the end of September, he has almost subscribers and more than millions of views. Michael Rosen is published in newspapers and magazines, conducts poetic seminars for teachers, teaches children's literature at universities.

The writer is the owner of five honorary doctoral degrees.

Michael Rosen is one of the most popular modern authors of prose and verses for children. Michael Rosen is the author of more books for children and adults. The writer loves to watch football and cricket, and also prefers to spend free time with his family. Rosen's favorite book is Joseph Heller’s novel “The trick”. Of the children's books, he likes the book of Maurice Sendak "where the monsters live." Michael Rosen is interested in politics.

In the year, he even nominated in the elections to the London assembly from the Respect party. Michael Rosen lives in London. Five books of the writer were translated into Russian. At the Pink Giraffe Publishing House, I published the book “We are going to catch a bear” translated by Grigory Kruzhkov. Subsequently, she was reprinted several times. In the year, the book “Bomber” published the book “Surprise with the Children!

The first came out in the year, and the second - in the year. In the publishing house Mahaon, another book by Rosen was published in the year - “Banana in my ears: funny poems” “Bananas in My Ears” with illustrations by Quentin Blake. Marina Boroditskaya shifted into Russian by Rosen. Rosen, M. McGough, R. when You Last Wash Your Feet? Beep beep! Never Mind! Even Stevens F.

Send for a Superhero! The Bus Is for us! What is Humanism? What is Poetry? Who are refugees and migrants? What is Right and Wrong? Who Decides? What do values ​​come from? What is Politics? Why Shoup We Care? Who do we need art? Rosen, M.