Макколл-Смит Александр - 2 книг. Начальная страница.

Биография

Александр Макколл Смит (Alexander McCall Smith, род. 24 августа 1948 г. в Булавайо, Зимбабве).
Учился сначала в Зимбабве, затем в Шотландии. Занимал должность профессора медицины Эдинбургского университета. В этой роли поехал в Ботсвану, где помогал созданию специальной кафедры в университете. В 2006 году был удостоен звания «Выпускник года» Эдинбургского университета. Также, по совместительству, путешественник и музыкант-любитель, играющий на фаготе в "Действительно Ужасном Оркестре".
В настоящее время живет в Эдинбурге.

Книги Александра Маккол Смита переведены на 26 языков. В 2003 г. он получил высшую награду Соединенного Королевства за юмористическую прозу - "Сага" и в том же году стал победителем конкурса на Премию Гленфидиш в области литературы.

Литературную славу ему принесла серия романов о женском детективном агентстве в далекой Ботсване, о проницательной и обаятельной женщине по имени Мма Рамотсве, которая мечтает "помогать людям и решать их проблемы".
Романы этой серии были переведены более чем на тридцать языков и стали бестселлерами во многих странах мира.

Права на экранизацию первого из них приобрел знаменитый Энтони Мингелла, режиссер "Английского пациента", "Талантливого мистера Рипли" и "Холодной горы".
Библиография

На русском языке:

Женское детективное агенство №1
Мораль красивых девушек
"Калахари". Курсы машинописи для мужчин
Слезы жирафа
Друзья, любовники, шоколад
Будьте осторожней с комплиментами
Божественное свидание и прочий флирт
Правильное отношение к дождю

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series
* 1998 The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency
* 2000 Tears of the Giraffe
* 2001 Morality for Beautiful Girls
* 2002 The Kalahari Typing School for Men
* 2003 The Full Cupboard of Life
* 2004 In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (also known as The Night-Time Dancer.)
* 2006 Blue Shoes and Happiness
* 2007 The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
* 2008 The Miracle at Speedy Motors
* 2009 Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
* 2010 The Double Comfort Safari Club

* 2010 Precious and the Puggies (novella for younger readers, first published in a Scots translation by James Robertson.)
* 2011 The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
* 2012 The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
* 2012 Precious and the Mystery of Meerkat Hill (novella for younger readers)

The 2½ Pillars of Wisdom
* 2003 Portuguese Irregular Verbs
* 2003 The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs
* 2003 At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances
* 2011 Unusual Uses for Olive Oil

The Sunday Philosophy Club Series
(also known as Isabel Dalhousie Mysteries)
* 2004 The Sunday Philosophy Club
* 2005 Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
* 2006 The Right Attitude to Rain
* 2007 The Careful Use of Compliments
* 2008 The Comfort of Saturdays (UK title) or The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday (American title)
* 2009: The Lost Art of Gratitude
* 2010: The Charming Quirks of Others
* 2011: The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
* 2012: The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds (published 23 Oct 2012 in UK)

44 Scotland Street Series
* 2005 44 Scotland Street
* 2005 Espresso Tales
* 2006 Love over Scotland
* 2007 The World According to Bertie
* 2008 The Unbearable Lightness of Scones
* 2010 The Importance of Being Seven
* 2011 Bertie Plays The Blues
* 2012 Sunshine on Scotland Street

Corduroy Mansions
* 2009 Corduroy Mansions
* 2009 The Dog Who Came in from the Cold (published online daily in serial form at <1>; also published as a hard cover book on 1th May 2010)
* 2011 A Conspiracy of Friends

Other novels
* 2008 La's Orchestra Saves the World
* 2012 Trains and Lovers

Short story collections
* 1991 Children of Wax: African Folk Tales
* 1995 Heavenly Date: And Other Flirtations
* 2004 The Girl Who Married a Lion: And Other Tales from Africa

Other short stories
* 2011 "The Strange Story of Bobby Box" included in the young adult anthology What You Wish For

Children's books
* 1984 The Perfect Hamburger
* 1988 Alix and the Tigers
* 1990 The Tin Dog
* 1991 Calculator Annie
* 1991 The Popcorn Pirates
* 1992 Akimbo and the Lions
* 1992 The Doughnut Ring
* 1993 Akimbo and the Crocodile Man
* 1994 Paddy and the Ratcatcher
* 1995 The Muscle Machine
* 1996 The Bubblegum Tree
* 1997 Bursting Balloons Mystery
* 1997 The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean
* 1999 Chocolate Money Mystery
* 2000 Teacher Trouble
* 2005 Akimbo and the Elephants
* 2006 Dream Angus
* 2006 Akimbo and the Snakes
* 2008 Akimbo and the Baboons
* 2012 The Great Cake Mystery

Academic texts
* 1978 Power and Manoeuvrability (with Tony Carty)
* 1983 Law and Medical Ethics (with J Kenyon Mason) (this text has gone through several editions: a seventh, by Mason and Graeme Laurie, was published in 2006. McCall Smith contributed to all six previous editions.)
* 1987 Butterworths Medico-Legal Encyclopaedia (with J Kenyon Mason)
* 1990 Family Rights: Family Law and Medical Advances (with Elaine Sutherland)
* 1992 The Criminal Law of Botswana (with Kwame Frimpong)
* 1993 The Duty to Rescue (with Michael Menlowe, 1993)
* 1992 Scots Criminal Law (with David H Sheldon, second edition published 1997)
* 1997 Forensic Aspects of Sleep (with Colin Shapiro)
* 2000 Justice and the Prosecution of Old Crimes (with Daniel W Shuman)
* 2001 Errors, Medicine and the Law (with Alan Merry)
* 2003 A Draft Criminal Code for Scotland (with Eric Clive, Pamela Ferguson and Christopher Gane)
* 2004 Creating Humans: Ethical questions where reproduction and science collide (collected lectures, audio recordings)
Экранизации

An adaptation for the screen The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency was made in 2007, directed by Anthony Minghella (who also co-wrote the screenplay), and scripted by Richard Curtis. A movie for TV was made jointly by the BBC, HBO and some other production companies. It was broadcast in the UK on BBC1 television on Easter Sunday 23 March 2008