Stanley Middleton

Stanley Middleton (1919-yil 1-avgust – 2009-yil 25-iyul) – taniqli ingliz yozuvchisi.

Hayoti

Stanley Middleton 1919-yilda Nottingemshir abbatligining Bulvell shahrida tugʻilgan. Avval High Pavement maktabida, undan keyin Stanley Road boshlangʻich maktabida, soʻngra Nottingam universiteti qoshidagi kolejda tahsil olgan.

Middleton universitetda oʻqib yurgan kezlarida asarlar yozishni boshlagan va 1958-yilda "Short answer" nomli kitobi nashr etilgan. Muallif sifatidagi faoliyati bilan bir qatorda, koʻp yillar davomida High Pavement Grammatika maktabida ingliz tilidan dars bergan. 1974-yilda Middletonning „Holiday“ romani Buker mukofotiga sazovor boʻlgan. 2008-yilda „Her Three Wise Men“ kitobi nashr etildi. U hayoti davomida 44 ta roman yaratgan.

Middleton 1979-yilda OBE (Britaniya imperiyasi ordeni)ni qabul qilishni rad etgan. Bu BBCning axborot erkinligi soʻrovi natijasida maʼlum boʻlgan. U shunchaki oʻz vazifasi deb bilgan ishni bajargani uchun taqdirlanishni istamagan.

Asarlari

Fantastik asarlari

• "A Short Answer" (1958)
• "Harris’s Requiem" (1960)
• "A Serious Woman" (1961)
• "The Just Exchange" (1962)
• "Twoʻs Company" (1963)
• "Him They Compelled" (1964)
• "Terms of Reference" (1966)
• "The Golden Evening" (1968)
• "Wages of Virtue" (1969)
• "Apple of the Eye" (1970)
• "Brazen Prison" (1971)
• "Cold Gradations" (1972)
• "A Man Made of Smoke" (1973)
• "Holiday" (1974)
• "Distractions" (1975)
• "Still Waters" (1976)
• "Ends and Means" (1977)
• "Two Brothers" (1978)
• "In a Strange Land" (1979)
• "The Other Side" (1980)
• "Blind Understanding" (1982)
• "Entry into Jerusalem" (1983)
• "The Daysman" (1984)
• "Valley of Decision" (1985)
• "An After-Dinner’s Sleep" (1986)
• "After a Fashion" (1987)
• "Recovery" (1988)
• "Vacant Places" (1989)
• "Changes and Chances" (1990)
• "Beginning to End" (1991)
• "A Place to Stand" (1992)
• "Married Past Redemption" (1993)
• "Catalysts" (1994)
• "Toward the Sea" (1995)
• "Live and Learn" (1996)
• "Brief Hours" (1997)
• "Against the Dark" (1998)
• "Necessary Ends" (1999)
• "Small Change" (2000)
• "Love in the Provinces" (2002)
• "Brief Garlands" (2004)
• "Sterner Stuff" (2005)
• "Mother’s Boy" (2006)
• "Her Three Wise Men" (2008)
• "A Cautious Approach" (2010)

Havolalar

• „Stenli Middlton“, nekroloq, Daily Telegraph, 2009-yil 30-iyul.
• Filipp Devis, „Stenli Middlton“, obituar, The Guardian, 2009-yil 29-iyul.
• http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/document2012-01-24-075439.pdf