Terry Pratchett
- Террі Пратчетт
- Terence David John Pratchett
- Sort Name
- Pratchett, Terry
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- 1 review
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Date of birth
- 1948-04-28
- Place of birth
- Beaconsfield
- Date of death
- 2015-03-12
- Place of death
- Wiltshire
Wikipedia
Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983 and 2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.
Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001, he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
In December 2007 Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK, ARUK), filmed three television programmes chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron of ARUK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, at the age of 66.
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English fantasy author.
Series:
• The Bromeliad Trilogy (aka The Nome Trilogy)
• Discworld (which includes the four book The Science of Discworld)
• Johnny Maxwell
• The Long Earth co-written with Stephen BaxterLast modified: 2023-02-09 (revision #115999)
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- Terry Pratchett wrote Raising Steam
- Terry Pratchett wrote Doktor Wer?
- Terry Pratchett wrote Night Watch
- Terry Pratchett wrote No Worries
- Terry Pratchett wrote Final Reward
- Terry Pratchett wrote The Big Store
- Terry Pratchett wrote Troll dich
- Terry Pratchett wrote Soul Music
- Terry Pratchett wrote Scheibenwahn
- Terry Pratchett wrote The Long War
- Terry Pratchett wrote Sourcery
- Terry Pratchett wrote Inkubust
- Terry Pratchett wrote FTB
- Terry Pratchett wrote Snuff
- Terry Pratchett wrote Equal Rites
- Terry Pratchett wrote Wintersmith
- Terry Pratchett is/was a collaborator on Stephen Baxter(English SF writer)
- Terry Pratchett wrote Sourcery
- Terry Pratchett wrote Cybertrip
- Terry Pratchett wrote Doctor Who?
- Terry Pratchett wrote Letzter Lohn
- Terry Pratchett wrote Thud!
- Terry Pratchett wrote Good Omens
- Terry Pratchett wrote Keine Sorge
- Terry Pratchett wrote Carpe Jugulum
- Terry Pratchett wrote Alles Sense!
- Terry Pratchett wrote Making Money
- Terry Pratchett wrote Incubust
- Terry Pratchett wrote Cult Classic
- Terry Pratchett wrote Total verhext
- Terry Pratchett wrote Reaper Man
- Terry Pratchett wrote Ruhig Blut!
- Terry Pratchett wrote Medical Notes
- Terry Pratchett wrote Der Zauberhut
- Terry Pratchett wrote Going Postal
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