Transcript School №17 Donald Bisset Donald Bisset Donald Harold Bisset is a modern English children's writer.

School №17
Donald Bisset
Donald Bisset
Donald Harold Bisset is a modern
English children's writer. He was born
on August, 30th (3), 1910 (11) in
Brentford, Middlesex, England, in a
family of clothes designer. He studied
in Warehousemen, Clerks and Drapers
School, Addington, Surrey. During the
Second World War he served as
lieutenant of artillery. He married in
1946, later divorced, had one son.
Film actor
He was a film actor and
appeared in 57 films and
TV serials. He played his
first role in “Go round” in
1949. His last role was Mr.
Grimm in TV serial “The
Bill” in 1991.
Agatha Christie’s
Poirot: the Dream
(1989) – Mayor
The Hound of the
Baskervilles (1988)
– Manservant
Little Dorrit 1.
Nobody’s Fault (1987)
Bisset in Theatre
Bisset played in Royal
Shakespearean Theatre and
National Theater. Also he
was an inventive theatrical
director, he himself staged
his fairy tales in the Royal
Shakespeare Theater in
Stratford-upon-Avon and even
played a dozen of small roles.
Autobiography
About himself Bisset wrote «... I live in
London... Grey-haired, dark blue eyes,
5,9 feet tall. In theater since 1933. I
started to tell fairy tales for children in
1953 on television.... My greatest desire
is to publish one of my children's books
with my own color illustrations... My
favourite children's books are «Wind in
willows"," Winnie the Pooh "," Alice in
Wonderland ». And also national fairy
tales about giants and witches.” This
autobiography Bisset wrote in 1967.
Writer
Bisset created a world of
short fairy tales for
children. Among them are
“The Forgotten Birthday”
“Little Bear’s Pony”
“Talks with a Tiger”
“Upside Down Land”
“Yak and the Ice Cream”
Some of them are
translated into Russian.
A Forgotten Birthday
Characters
Donald Bisset created a new
animal and called him
“Crococat” because its two
halves were from a cat and a
crocodile. But his favourite
character was Tiger Rrr with
whom Donald Bisset likes to
travel down the river Time till
the end of the Rainbow.
Cartoons
Some of his stories were
screened and even children
in our country (who don’t
speak English yet) can
watch them. One of the
most popular Russian
cartoons is about “ A Little Bus
Who was Afraid of the
Darkness” and “Tiger Tinkie
Who Lost his Stripes”
“ A Little Bus Who Was
Afraid of the Darkness”
Illustrator
Donald Bisset didn’t only
write his tales but perfectly
illustrated them. His
pictures are vivid, colourful
and clear for his readers.
The first mice on the
Moon.
Interview
When Donald Bisset was asked, why
he became a writer, he answered: “
Because the grass is green and trees
grow. Because I hear the thunder s and
the rain. Because I love children and
animals. I take my hat off before a
ladybird. I like cats and to ride a
horse... And also to write fairy tales, to
play in the theater, to draw... When
you love all these things, then you are
rich. He can't be happy who loves
nothing,»
Visit to Russia
Uncle Tick-tock’s Journey
Donald Bisset visited Moscow
twice. He appeared on television,
and visited a kindergarten where
he even composed a fairytale «I
do what I want» together with
children. In our country Bisset’s
tales appeared in 1963. They were
translated into Russian by Natalia
Viktorovna Shereshevskaya
Resourses:
www.donald-bysset.com
Thank you for attention