Profile: Terry Pratchett, a prolific fiction – The Universal

The British writer Terry Pratchett , died today at age 66, is one of the authors of most important fantasy of modern literature and leaves a legacy of more than 70 works of fiction, among which is the famous saga of Discworld (Discworld).
 

 These works, translated into 37 languages ​​and have sold over 85 million copies around the world, placed at the level of recognized authors in this genre as JRR Tolkien, Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft.
 

 

 The novelist, who died at home, “with her cat sleeping in his bed surrounded by his family” after a long battle with the disease of Alzheimer , was also the author of short stories, novels youth and numerous television adaptations.
 

 

 “The Colour of Magic” (The Colour of Magic), 1983, was the first of the novels of the Discworld, a fantastic medieval scenario in which a flat world is supported by four elephants that rely on the shell of a turtle stellar, Great A’Tuin.
 

 

 Since its publication more than three decades, this popular series, with the same popularity of novels such as “Game of Thrones” or “The Lord of the Rings”, has generated countless theatrical, television and radio adaptations, songs, maps, cartoons or short stories.
 

 

 “In his 70 books, Terry enriched the world like few before. Like all those who will have read know, Discworld was his vehicle to satirize the world and did brilliantly, with great skill, great humor and constant inventiveness,” said his editor, Larry Finlay.
 

 

 Sir Terence David John Pratchett was born on April 28, 1948 in the town of Beaconsfield, northwest of London, the only son of David and Eileen Pratchett.
 

 

 From a young age he became interested in literature, modeled authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle and HG Wells, reading “all books you should read,” as he said in a 2006 interview.
 

 

 At 13 years, the magazine of the Technical School High Wycombe published his first story, entitled “The Hades Business”, which was released two years later, receiving very positive reviews.
 

 

 Despite the good reception of his works, most science fiction, it was not until 1983, when he wrote “The Colour of Magic, his first Discworld novel, when he won international fame.
 

 

 The 40 works of this fantastic series have been translated into 37 languages ​​and the last one, “Raising Steam” was published in 2013.
 

 

 A year later, the author completed “The Shepherd’s Crown”, a work which goes on sale in autumn this year.
 

 

 Pratchett, who went on to publish three books a year, received numerous awards and honors, including a knighthood of the British Empire, it became Sir, that granted in 2009 Queen Elizabeth II for his services to literature.
 

 

 Sir Terry, who is the second author of fiction that has sold more copies in the UK, second only to JK Rowling, author of the “Harry Potter” saga, announced he had Alzheimer in 2007.
 

 

 Why not stopped writing, publishing four novels since the Discworld saga.
 

 

 “In recent years, his writing was what sustained him. His legacy will endure for decades,” said the editorial director of Transworld.
 

 

 After learning his illness, author, recognizable by its distinctive white beard and hat, took part in a BBC documentary and made donations to the British Alzheimer Research Foundation.
 

 

 
 

 

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