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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 He was a film actor and

appeared in appeared in 5757 films films and and

TV serials. He played TV serials. He played his his

first role in “Go round” first role in “Go round” in in

1949. His last role was 1949. His last role was Mr. Mr.

Grimm in TV serial Grimm in TV serial “The “The

Bill” in 1991.Bill” in 1991.

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: the Dream (1989) – MayorThe Hound of the Baskervilles (1988) – ManservantLittle Dorrit 1. Nobody’s Fault (1987)

Bisset in TheatreBisset in Theatre

Bisset played in Royal Bisset played in Royal

Shakespearean Theatre Shakespearean Theatre and and

National Theater. Also he National Theater. Also he

was an inventive theatrical was an inventive theatrical

director, he himself staged director, he himself staged

his fairy tales in the Royal his fairy tales in the Royal

Shakespeare Theater in Shakespeare Theater in

Stratford-upon-Avon and Stratford-upon-Avon and even even

played a dozen of small played a dozen of small roles.roles.

AutobiographyAbout 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.

WriterBisset created a world of Bisset created a world of short fairy tales for short fairy tales for children. Among them children. Among them

are are ““The Forgotten The Forgotten

Birthday”Birthday”““Little Bear’s Pony”Little Bear’s Pony”““Talks with a Tiger”Talks with a Tiger”““Upside Down Land”Upside Down Land”““Yak and the Ice Cream”Yak and the Ice Cream”Some of them are Some of them are translated into Russian.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.

InterviewWhen 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

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

Uncle Tick-tock’s Journey

Resourses:www.donald-bysset.com

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