Imatge de l'autor

Markus Zusak

Autor/a de La lladre de llibres

17+ obres 54,270 Membres 2,547 Ressenyes 199 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Markus Zusak was born in Sydney, Australia on June 23, 1975. He began writing at the age of 16, and seven years later his first book, The Underdog, was published. He is best known for his young adult novels The Book Thief and I Am the Messenger, both of which are Michael L. Printz Honor books. The mostra'n més Book Thief was adapted into a movie. His next book, Bridge of Clay was published October 2018. It won 2019 Indie Book Awards for Debut Fiction and Book of the Year. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Photo by Bronnwyn Rennix

Sèrie

Obres de Markus Zusak

La lladre de llibres (2005) 44,544 exemplars
Jo sóc el missatger (2002) 6,573 exemplars
Bridge of Clay (2018) 1,849 exemplars
Getting the Girl (2001) 578 exemplars
Fighting Ruben Wolfe (2000) 358 exemplars
Underdogs (2011) 194 exemplars
The Underdog (1999) 149 exemplars
The Failurist 8 exemplars
Nichts weniger als ein Wunder (2020) 2 exemplars
To Catch A Thief 1 exemplars
Markus Zusak 3 Book Set (2022) 1 exemplars
Mesagerul (Romanian Edition) (2015) 1 exemplars

Obres associades

The Book Thief [2013 film] (2013) — Original story — 356 exemplars
The Book That Made Me (2016) — Col·laborador — 72 exemplars

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Nom oficial
Zusak, Markus Frank
Data de naixement
1975-06-23
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
Australië
Lloc de naixement
Sydney, New South Wales, Australië
Llocs de residència
Sydney, New South Wales, Australië
Educació
Engadine High School
University of New South Wales (BA) (English and History)
University of New South Wales (DiplEd)
Professions
janitor
high school English teacher
novelist
Premis i honors
Margaret A. Edwards Award (2014)
NSW Premier's Literary Award (Ethel Turner Prize) (2003)
Kathleen Mitchell Award 2006 (literature) (2006)
National Jewish Book Award (Children's and Young Adult Literature) (2006)
Ena Noel Award – the IBBY Australia Ena Noël Encouragement Award for Children's Literature (2008)
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature (2003) (mostra-les totes 13)
Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award (2003)
Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year-Children (2005)
Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book (2006)
Printz Award Honor Book (2006)
Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis [translate: German Youth Literature Prize] (2007)
Honour Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers (2002)
Honour Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers (2001)
Biografia breu
According to his publisher, Australian author Markus Zusak grew up hearing stories about Nazi Germany, about the bombing of Munich and about Jews being marched through his mother’s small, German town. He always knew it was a story he wanted to tell.
By the age of 30, Zusak had already asserted himself as one of today’s most innovative and poetic novelists. With the publication of The Book Thief, he was dubbed a ‘literary phenomenon’ by Australian and U.S. critics.

Markus Zusak (born 23 June 1975) is an Australian writer of German origin. He is best known for The Book Thief and The Messenger (US title: I Am the Messenger), two novels which became international bestsellers. He won the Margaret A. Edwards Award in 2014.

Zusak was born in Sydney, Australia. His mother Lisa is originally from Germany and his father Helmut is from Austria. They emigrated to Australia in the late 1950s. Markus is the youngest of four children and has two sisters and one brother. He attended Engadine High School and briefly returned there to teach English while writing. He studied English and history at the University of New South Wales, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and a Diploma of Education.

Zusak is the author of six books. His first three books, The Underdog, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, and When Dogs Cry, released between 1999 and 2001, were all published internationally. The Messenger, published in 2002, won the 2003 CBC Book of the Year Award (Older Readers) and the 2003 NSW Premier's Literary Award (Ethel Turner Prize) in Australia and was a runner-up for the Printz Award in America.

The Book Thief was published in 2005 and has since been translated into more than 40 languages. The Book Thief was adapted as a film of the same name in 2013. In 2014, Zusak delivered a Ted Talk, called 'The Failurist' at the Sydney Opera House. It focused on his drafting process and journey to success through writing The Book Thief.

The Messenger (I Am the Messenger in the United States) was published in 2002 and was one of Zusak's first novels. This novel has won awards such as the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards: Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature.

In March 2016 Zusak talked about his then unfinished novel Bridge of Clay. He stated that the book was 90% finished but that, "... I’m a completely different person than the person who wrote The Book Thief. And this is also the scary thing—I’m a different person to the one who started Bridge of Clay eight, nine years ago ... I’ve got to get it done this year, or else I’ll probably finally have to set it aside."

Membres

Converses

Shared Read: The Book Thief a The 12 in 12 Category Challenge (març 2012)
"The Book Thief" Spoiler-Free Discussion a Hogwarts Express (abril 2010)
The Book Thief (with spoileers) a Hogwarts Express (maig 2009)

Ressenyes

Una història familiar en temps de nazisme.
 
Marcat
Martapagessala | Hi ha 2,117 ressenyes més | Jan 22, 2019 |
Una novela preciosa, tremendamente humana y emocionante, que describe las peripecias de una niña alemana de nueve años desde que es dada en adopción por su madre hasta el final de la II Guerra Mundial. Su nueva familia, gente sencilla y nada afecta al nazismo, le enseña a leer y, a través de los libros, Rudy logra distraerse durante los bombardeos y combatir la tristeza. Pero es el libro que ella misma está escribiendo el que finalmente le salvará la vida.«La esperanza de Liesel es inexpugnable... Los lectores jóvenes necesitan este tipo de alternativas a la rigidez ideológica, así como exploraciones sobre la importancia de las historias. Y, pensándolo bien, también los adultos.»The New York Times… (més)
 
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bcacultart | Hi ha 2,117 ressenyes més | Feb 3, 2017 |
Fresc i divertit sense deixar de ser lúcid!
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Marcat
finavila | Hi ha 334 ressenyes més | Sep 14, 2014 |
La Liesel va començar la seva brillant carrera de lladre als nou anys. Tenia gana, robava pomes, però el que més li interessava eren els llibres. Potser més que robar-los els salvava. El primer fou el que havia caigut a la neu al costat de la tomba on acabaven d’enterrar el seu germà, quan anaven cap a Molching, prop de Munich, on els esperaven els seus pares adoptius. El segon llibre, temps després, el trauria de les flames d’una de les moltes fogueres que encenien els nazis. Al carrer Himmel, la petita Liesel va trobar la millor família que es pugui somiar: Rosa Hubermann, una dona de mal geni però amb un cor immens. Hans Hubermann –potser el personatge més encantador de la novel·la–, pintor de parets, acordionista alegre i fumador empedreït. I els dos amics de la Liesel: Rudy Steiner, el veí un any més gran, mig desnodrit però un argent viu amb qui comparteix mil aventures. I Max Vandenburg, el jueu boxejador que viu amagat al soterrani.
Una història inoblidable i emocionant. Vides que s’entortolliguen les unes amb les altres sota els ulls pacients d’un espectador-narrador excepcional, la Mort: sarcàstica, però comprensiva, que fins i tot en la foscor més negra va a la recerca d’acolorits fragments de bellesa.
… (més)
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Marcat
genopascual | Hi ha 2,117 ressenyes més | Aug 24, 2012 |

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Estadístiques

Obres
17
També de
2
Membres
54,270
Popularitat
#279
Valoració
½ 4.3
Ressenyes
2,547
ISBN
488
Llengües
30
Preferit
199

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