Colleen McCullough (1937–2015)
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Colleen McCullough was born on June 1, 1937 in Wellington, New South Wales, Australia. She attended Holy Cross College and the University of Sydney. She wanted to pursue a career in medicine but had an allergic reaction to the antiseptic soap that surgeons use to scrub. She decided to study vis mere neuroscience and established the department of neurophysiology at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney before working as a researcher and teacher at Yale Medical School for ten years. Her first novel, Tim, was published in 1974 and was adapted into a movie starring Mel Gibson. During her lifetime, she wrote 25 novels including The Thorn Birds, An Indecent Obsession, A Creed for the Third Millennium, The Ladies of Missalonghi, the Masters of Rome series, and Bittersweet. The Thorn Birds was adapted into a U.S. television mini-series in 1983, which won four Golden Globe awards. She died after a long illness on January 29, 2015 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Serier
Værker af Colleen McCullough
Den romerske familie / [Bind] 1, Ærens vej ; oversat fra engelsk af Annelise Ebbe og Birgit Dalg@ård (1990) 3,245 eksemplarer
The First Man in Rome / The Grass Crown / Fortune's Favorites / Caesar's Women / Caesar (1998) 25 eksemplarer
1996 6 eksemplarer
Uccello di Rovo - I giovedì della signora Giulia — Forfatter — 3 eksemplarer
The October Horse, Vol. I 3 eksemplarer
The October Horse, Vol. II 3 eksemplarer
O Primeiro Homem de Roma, vol IV, As Mulheres de César 2 eksemplarer
Den romerske familie, Græskronen, bind 1 2 eksemplarer
Colleen McCullough - 2 Books 1 eksemplar
L'indipendenza della signorina Bennet 1 eksemplar
28.- Favoritos de la Fortuna (I) 1 eksemplar
Tim Autora De El Pajaro Canta Hasta Morir By Collen McCullough ( La Novela Romantica) Spanish Edition 1980 (1980) 1 eksemplar
CESARS'S WOMEN (PVL94) 1 eksemplar
20.- La Corona de Hierba (I) 1 eksemplar
21.- La Corona de Hierba (II) 1 eksemplar
Oiseaux se cachent pour mourir (Les): COLLECTION 40EME ANNIVERSAIRE (LITTÉRATURE ÉTRANGÈRE) (1999) 1 eksemplar
O Primeiro Homem de Roma - César 1 eksemplar
Pesem ptic trnovk 1 eksemplar
Fűkoszorú 1 eksemplar
The Birthday Present 1 eksemplar
Water is Life: The True Story of Water and the Australian Invention Changing the Way the World Boils It (2016) 1 eksemplar
La Casa Degli Angeli 1 eksemplar
Tim 1 eksemplar
O Primeiro Homem de Roma - Coroa de Erva 1 eksemplar
O Primeiro Homem de Roma - As Mulheres de César 1 eksemplar
An Indecent Obesssion 1 eksemplar
Tiếng Chim Hót Trong Bụi Mận Gai 1 eksemplar
As Moças de Missalonghi 1 eksemplar
Gorkaia radost 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 159 - Bittere Medizin. Die Ladies von Missalonghi. Der Tunnel. Meine Zeit mit Anne Frank (1977) 12 eksemplarer
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Long Kill • The Ladies of Missalonghi • Exodus Genesis • Just Another Kid (1989) 2 eksemplarer
Het Beste Boek 138: Storm over Schouwen / Doodsangst / Missy / Met dodelijke afloop (1989) 2 eksemplarer
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Almen Viden
- Kanonisk navn
- McCullough, Colleen
- Juridisk navn
- McCullough, Colleen
McCullough-Robinson, Colleen - Andre navne
- Makkalou, Kolin
MacCullough, Colleen - Fødselsdato
- 1937-06-01
- Dødsdag
- 2015-01-29
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- Australië
- Fødested
- Wellington, New South Wales, Australië
- Dødssted
- Norfolk Island, Australia
- Bopæl
- Wellington, Nieuw-Zuid-Wales, Australië
Sydney, Australië
Verenigd Koninkrijk
Connecticut VS
Norfolk Eiland - Uddannelse
- Neurofysiologie
- Erhverv
- Schrijfster
Lerares, Yale Afdeling Neurologie
Onderzoekster,Yale Afdeling Neurologie
Neurofysiologe - Organisationer
- 1993: doctoraat in de letteren van de Macquarie Universiteit
Association for the Advancement of Science
Academy of Sciences - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Order of Australia (Officer)
Australian Living Treasure - Kort biografi
- Colleen McCullough was born in Wellington, an outback town in Australia. Her family life was somewhat rough, her mother being rather aggressive toward her and burning any manuscripts of Colleen's she found. In adulthood, McCullough attempted to become a surgeon, but developed an allergic reaction to the surgical soap and switched to neuroscience. After several years working abroad, she received a position at the famed Yale University. It was during this time that she wrote Tim and her most famous novel, The Thorn Birds. Her success forced her to retire from teaching, and she eventually settled on the isolated Norfolk Island, where she lives with husband Ric Robinson, a descendant of the Bounty mutineers.
In recent years, McCullough has completed numerous novels, including the controversial The Independence of Mis Mary Bennet, her Masters of Rome series, and several stand along works. She is a National Living Treasure of Australia and still uses a typewriter to complete her novels.
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