London - British comic fantasy novelist Terry Pratchett has
been given a knighthood for his services to literature by Queen
Elizabeth II.
On publication of this year's New Year Honours List in London
Wednesday the 60-year-old novelist said he was 'flabbergasted' to
receive a knighthood, which means he will now be called 'Sir Terry.'
The writer, who is best known for his popular Discworld series
of comic fantasy novels, has sold more than 55 million books
worldwide and had his works translated into 33 languages.
'I am of course delighted and honoured and, needless to say,
flabbergasted,' he said.
The author made headlines at the end of 2007 when he announced
that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
He has spent most of 2008 campaigning to raise awareness of the
condition and improve research funding to combat it, while himself
making considerable donations.
Pratchett published his first novel, The Carpet People, in 1971,
although he did not take up writing books full time until 1987.
His career as a novelist began with the publication of the first
Discworld book, The Colour of Magic, in 1983.
The Discworld novels are set in a parallel universe supported on
the back of four elephants that stand on the shell of a giant turtle
- a universe that bears more than a passing resemblance to our own.
Nice One TerryJan 1st, 2009 - 17:43:53
You were always 1ST Rate.
Well deserved
10/10.
Hope you can still keep up the storytellings....?
Blessings from myself and my childrens heart ...ASLAN sends you his command .He bids you
From the land of Eternity to the land of Mankind .
Enjoy.
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