David Benedictus (1938–2023)
Autor/a de Return to the Hundred Acre Wood
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- Nom oficial
- Benedictus, David Henry
- Data de naixement
- 1938-09-16
- Data de defunció
- 2023-10-09
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- Llocs de residència
- London, England, UK (birth)
Hove, Sussex, England, UK - Educació
- Eton College
Oxford University (Ballliol College)
State University of Iowa - Professions
- novelist
photographic model
story editor ( BBC TV)
assistant director (Royal Shakespeare Company)
commissioning editor (Channel 4)
editor (BBC Radio) (mostra-les totes 12)
tutor to Rothschild children
antiques correspondent (Evening Standard)
London walking tour guide
stamp dealer
supply teacher
racing tipster - Relacions
- Maugham, Jolyon (son|denied paternity)
Benedictus, Leo (son) - Biografia breu
- David Benedictus is an English-Jewish writer and theatre director, best known for his novels. His most recent work is the Winnie-the-Pooh novel Return to the Hundred Acre Wood (2009). It was the first such book in 81 years.
He was educated at Eton College, Oxford and the University of Iowa. His second novel, You're a Big Boy Now, was made into a 1966 feature film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He was an assistant to Trevor Nunn at the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has also worked as a Commissioning Editor for Drama at Channel 4, and ran the Book at Bedtime series for BBC Radio 4.
He previously wrote and produced audio readings of the Pooh stories, with Judi Dench as Kanga and Geoffrey Palmer as Eeyore. He sent the trustees of the A. A. Milne estate two sample stories of his sequel, and it took more than ten years for them to approve the project.
Upon the book's publication he admitted to nerves over its reception, saying, "At worst, everyone will hate me and I'll just crawl under a bush and hide – I can live with that...some people do hate the whole idea of a sequel, but it's not as if I'm doing any damage to the original, that will still be there. My hope is that people will finish reading a cracking story and just want more of them, and that's where I come in."[2] Michael Brown, chairman of the Pooh Properties Trust, said Benedictus had a "wonderful feel" for the world of Pooh.
According to an interview he gave to the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot in 2009, he claimed that his cousin did a research about his surname and found out it was actually "Baruch" (ברוך - meaning same as "Benedictus" in Hebrew) upon his ancestors came to Britain, and that they have Yemenite Jewish heritage.
He published an autobiography, Dropping Names, in 2005.
He is fond of chess and plays for a South London chess club. He also runs a horse racing tipster website.
Benedictus commented on his work in 1985, "Given peace of mind, financial independence, and a modicum of luck, I may produce a novel to be proud of one day."
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Winnie the Pooh (Dramatised) de A. A. Milne
A. A. Milne’s brilliant work on Winnie- the Pooh has been brought to life in many mediums, and this audiobook is no exception when demonstrating the cleverness of his writing. The Collected Stories of Winnie- the- Pooh delights and entertains in equal measure. Milne’s writing style challenges listeners of all ages to think beyond the surface. The cast is superb and each narrator truly embodies the individuality of each character, practically transporting the reader to the time period of the author. This production is enhanced the sounds of the 100- Acre- Woods with bees, leaves, sticks, rain, etcetera! A truly indulgent read for anyone.… (més)
The least successful of three attempts to recapture the magic of A. A. Milne's prose in juvenile chapter books that I've read in recent weeks. (See also: Winnie-the-Pooh: Once There Was a Bear - Tales of Before it all Began . . . and The Best Bear in All the World.)
The author's outlook on the characters has them too often sour and dour, and he misguidedly attempts to introduce a sexualized character into the mix.
Chapter One. in which Christopher Robin Returns
It's summer, and the friends in the Hundred-Acre Wood are excited by a rumor that Christopher Robin is coming home from boarding school. Party time!
Chapter Two. in which Owl Does a crossword and a Spelling Bee is held
Owl's a bit grumpier in this book, and it's going to get worse. This chapter is also notable for the creepy return of Christopher Robin's infamous "blue braces."
Chapter Three. in which Rabbit organizes almost everything
Rabbit decides to do a census of the Hundred-Acre Wood, so we get to meet Grandad Buck and more of Rabbit's friends and relations.
Chapter Four. in which it stops raining for ever and something slinky comes out of the river
This author has decided that Winnie the Pooh needs a Jessica Rabbit figure to be the whore to Kanga's matron. So an otter named Lottie who wears a pearl necklace slinks onto the scene. Ummmm . . . no. No, no, NO!
And there's a drought, so we show Christopher Robin and the friends playing around with an old, abandoned well with rotten wood in order to get some water? No, no, NO, we do not show children how much fun old abandoned wells are. This author is an idiot.
Chapter Five. in which Pooh goes in search of honey
Pooh's usual source of honey dries up when the bees in a nearby hive swarm out of it in search of a new home. It's nice that the author wants to introduce a little bee science, but he doesn't do it very well, especially when Pooh tries to lure them back to the hive they've just abandoned for some unspecified reason. (Perhaps the earlier drought?)
Chapter Six. in which Owl becomes an author and then unbecomes one
Owl strikes Roo at the start of the chapter, and the author expects readers to be okay with that assault because Owl is suffering from writer's block. Maybe social services needs to make a home visit to check on David Benedictus' family. He has proven himself quite the ass at the very least.
Chapter Seven. in which Lottie starts an Academy and everybody learns something
The friends play at an awful version of school, with the unfortunate Lottie character front and center.
Chapter Eight. in which we are introduced to the game of cricket
Not even Pooh can make me care about cricket.
Chapter Nine. in which Tigger dreams of Africa
Tigger falls into a food coma and goes all Rachel Dolezal, dreaming of his African heritage when tigers are actually from Asia.
Chapter Ten. in which a Harvest Festival is held in the Forest and Christopher Robin springs a surprise
Christopher Robin uses the cover of the festival to slip off to boarding school again. Summer's over, and the toys are on their own again. Will he ever return? Or has this all been a prequel to Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey?
FOR REFERENCE:
Contents: Exposition -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. in which Christopher Robin Returns -- Chapter Two. in which Owl Does a crossword and a Spelling Bee is held -- Chapter Three. in which Rabbit organizes almost everything -- Chapter Four. in which it stops raining for ever and something slinky comes out of the river -- Chapter Five. in which Pooh goes in search of honey -- Chapter Six. in which Owl becomes an author and then unbecomes one -- Chapter Seven. in which Lottie starts an Academy and everybody learns something -- Chapter Eight. in which we are introduced to the game of cricket -- Chapter Nine. in which Tigger dreams of Africa -- Chapter Ten. in which a Harvest Festival is held in the Forest and Christopher Robin springs a surprise
(My Pooh Project: I love Winnie the Pooh, and so does my wife. Having a daughter gave us a chance to indoctrinate her into the cult by buying and reading her every Pooh book we came across. How many is that? I’m going to count them this year by reading and reviewing one every day and seeing which month I finally run out. Track my progress here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/23954351-rod-brown?ref=nav_mybooks&she... )… (més)
The author's outlook on the characters has them too often sour and dour, and he misguidedly attempts to introduce a sexualized character into the mix.
Chapter One. in which Christopher Robin Returns
It's summer, and the friends in the Hundred-Acre Wood are excited by a rumor that Christopher Robin is coming home from boarding school. Party time!
Chapter Two. in which Owl Does a crossword and a Spelling Bee is held
Owl's a bit grumpier in this book, and it's going to get worse. This chapter is also notable for the creepy return of Christopher Robin's infamous "blue braces."
Chapter Three. in which Rabbit organizes almost everything
Rabbit decides to do a census of the Hundred-Acre Wood, so we get to meet Grandad Buck and more of Rabbit's friends and relations.
Chapter Four. in which it stops raining for ever and something slinky comes out of the river
This author has decided that Winnie the Pooh needs a Jessica Rabbit figure to be the whore to Kanga's matron. So an otter named Lottie who wears a pearl necklace slinks onto the scene. Ummmm . . . no. No, no, NO!
And there's a drought, so we show Christopher Robin and the friends playing around with an old, abandoned well with rotten wood in order to get some water? No, no, NO, we do not show children how much fun old abandoned wells are. This author is an idiot.
Chapter Five. in which Pooh goes in search of honey
Pooh's usual source of honey dries up when the bees in a nearby hive swarm out of it in search of a new home. It's nice that the author wants to introduce a little bee science, but he doesn't do it very well, especially when Pooh tries to lure them back to the hive they've just abandoned for some unspecified reason. (Perhaps the earlier drought?)
Chapter Six. in which Owl becomes an author and then unbecomes one
Owl strikes Roo at the start of the chapter, and the author expects readers to be okay with that assault because Owl is suffering from writer's block. Maybe social services needs to make a home visit to check on David Benedictus' family. He has proven himself quite the ass at the very least.
Chapter Seven. in which Lottie starts an Academy and everybody learns something
The friends play at an awful version of school, with the unfortunate Lottie character front and center.
Chapter Eight. in which we are introduced to the game of cricket
Not even Pooh can make me care about cricket.
Chapter Nine. in which Tigger dreams of Africa
Tigger falls into a food coma and goes all Rachel Dolezal, dreaming of his African heritage when tigers are actually from Asia.
Chapter Ten. in which a Harvest Festival is held in the Forest and Christopher Robin springs a surprise
Christopher Robin uses the cover of the festival to slip off to boarding school again. Summer's over, and the toys are on their own again. Will he ever return? Or has this all been a prequel to Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey?
FOR REFERENCE:
Contents: Exposition -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. in which Christopher Robin Returns -- Chapter Two. in which Owl Does a crossword and a Spelling Bee is held -- Chapter Three. in which Rabbit organizes almost everything -- Chapter Four. in which it stops raining for ever and something slinky comes out of the river -- Chapter Five. in which Pooh goes in search of honey -- Chapter Six. in which Owl becomes an author and then unbecomes one -- Chapter Seven. in which Lottie starts an Academy and everybody learns something -- Chapter Eight. in which we are introduced to the game of cricket -- Chapter Nine. in which Tigger dreams of Africa -- Chapter Ten. in which a Harvest Festival is held in the Forest and Christopher Robin springs a surprise
(My Pooh Project: I love Winnie the Pooh, and so does my wife. Having a daughter gave us a chance to indoctrinate her into the cult by buying and reading her every Pooh book we came across. How many is that? I’m going to count them this year by reading and reviewing one every day and seeing which month I finally run out. Track my progress here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/23954351-rod-brown?ref=nav_mybooks&she... )… (més)
I used to read this annually, but many years have gone by and I hadn't been to my magic place in some time. I decided to visit The Hundred Acres Wood again and was not disappointed. This time it was narrated by Stephen Fry and Dame Judi Dench among others. Just as magical and wonderful as I remember! I strongly urge you to give this audio version a try. Just fantastic!
https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/3410601.html
I can't pretend that it's great literature. The book inevitably misses the superb visuals and the soundscape provided by Dire Straits, and the performances of the good members of the cast, including a young Peter Capaldi. (On the other hand, Peter Riegert's boredom in the supposedly central role is less painfully obvious on the page than on the screen.) And it's short and easily digestible.… (més)
I can't pretend that it's great literature. The book inevitably misses the superb visuals and the soundscape provided by Dire Straits, and the performances of the good members of the cast, including a young Peter Capaldi. (On the other hand, Peter Riegert's boredom in the supposedly central role is less painfully obvious on the page than on the screen.) And it's short and easily digestible.… (més)
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