Charlotte Agell

**Charlotte Agell** (e nyalde 7 lewru Septemmba hitaande 1959) ko winndaako Amerik mo jibinaa e Swidin ngam mawɓe mawɓe e sukaaɓe, hannde o jooɗii e Maine. Wano ɗiɗaɓo romanji maako, Shift, wondi nder koode ɓooyɗe nder Brunswick Times Record nder lewru Oktoobar nder ndungu 2008. Ha darnde e nder defte ɓiyɗe e defte ɓii-ɓiyɗe, Charlotte Agell ɗon ekkitina nder Maine.

Agell kadi winndi e nate defte natal ngam sukaaɓe tokosɓe.

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### Nguurndam gadano
Agell jibinaa ko to Norsjö, to leydi Suwed, ñalnde 7 suwee 1959. Ko o ɓiy jom ngalu biyeteeɗo Christer L. Agell e naalanke; Margareta "Meta" Makdonald. Mawniiko gorko, hono Hugo K. Segerborg, ko gardiiɗo duɗal jaaɓi haaɗtirde Suwed. Nde o naamndaa ko fayti e cukaagu makko, Agell wiyi "ko sahaa fof won ko rokkata mi kaɓirɗe naalankaagal." Ɓesngu makko ummiima Montreal, Kebek, Kanadaa; nde o heɓi duuɓi ɗiɗi; ɗo miñiiko Karl e miñiiko debbo biyeteeɗo Anna njibinaa. O naati duɗal leslesal Carlyle ɗo o janngi ɗemngal Engele, o heɗii daartol Maine e sehilaaɓe makko Angalteer-Kanada e Farayse-Kanada. O wonti jiɗɗo Maine ko ɗuum waɗi o winndi daartol waɗngol to Halibut, Maine; wuro fenaande ngo o miijotoo ko kanko woni hooreejo makko, suka gorko mo gite mum boɗeeje ina nannga liɗɗi ngam ñaamde.

E duuɓi sappo e go’o, ɓesngu Agell ummii Kanadaa, arti Suwed (to ɓe ngoni ɗoo seeɗa) caggal ɗuum ɓe payi Hong Kong . O heɓi bak makko ko e duɗal misiyoŋaaji Lutheran; Duɗal hakkunde leyɗeele Hong Kong; ngal o wiyi ina jokkondiri e ekkol ekumenikal udditiiɗo hakkille.

Ko o nanondiral e yumma makko, Agell ɗaɓɓiri to duɗal jaaɓi haaɗtirde Bowdoin to Brunswick, ngam jaɓeede ko yaawi. E nder nokku ɗo o yaltata duɗal ngam yahde hitch-hiking stint e gorko makko, o ummiima Hong Kong o ari Maine e hitaande 1977. O nanii ɗoon e ɗoon o woni e galle, o woni ko e diiwaan hee gila ndeen. E siftorde daartol cukaagu makko, o naamndii so tawii o "winndii hoore makko e nder dowla."

Agell heɓi bakkaa mum to duɗal jaaɓi haaɗtirde Bowdoin e hitaande 1981, ɗo o janngi naalankaagal, o heɓi dipoloma makko Bachelor of Arts e jaŋde. Caggal ɗuum o heɓi seedantaagal janngingol to duɗal jaaɓi haaɗtirde Southern Maine, o heɓi kadi seedantaagal jaŋde to duɗal jaaɓi haaɗtirde Harvard e hitaande 1986.

Agell wonti ɓiyleydi Amerik e kitaale 1990.

Agell jannginii jaŋde ɗemɗe keewɗe e pine keewɗe to duɗal jaaɓi haaɗtirde Portland, Portland, ME, o hoɗi ko e gure keewɗe to Maine hade makko hoɗde to Brunswick e jom suudu makko Peter J. Simmons, gardiiɗo naalankaagal e gardiiɗo jarde. Kanko e Peter ɓe ndañi ɓiɓɓe ɗiɗo, Anna e Jon.

Yanti e golle makko e binndol e nate, Agell ko jannginoowo e nder porogaraam gannde ɗemɗe baawɗe e baawɗe to duɗal hakkundeewal Harrison to Yarmouth. O wiyi o tawi "leñol" makko e sukaaɓe janngooɓe hakkundeejo. O waɗii kadi golle sukaaɓe e mawɓe e nder kewuuji binndol ceertuɗi e nder diiwaan hee kala, ina jeyaa heen Duɗal karallaagal Haystack Mountain to Deer Isle. O woniino kadi tergal e fedde winndooɓe e bayyinooɓe Maine.

### Golle binndol
Dancing Feet (1994) ko daartol rimɗingol ko fayti e golle koyɗe, juuɗe, nofru, koyɗe e hunuko. Binndol ngol ina yahdi e nate koloor ndiyam kollitooje nanndugol e ceertugol yimɓe ummoriiɓe e leƴƴi keewɗi e hollirde nafoore Agell e jaŋde pine keewɗe. Gooto e ƴeewtooɓe tawi natal ngal ina yahra e "suggestively simple haa e excessively cartoonish." Kono, ƴeewtooɓe woɗɓe tawi deftere nde ina weltini janngeede e suɓaade moƴƴere ngam waktuuji daartol. Wasiyaaji ngam duuɓi 3–7.

To Islaam (1999) e Up the Mountain (2000) kam en fof ina kollita sehilaaɓe nayo : Dragon, Cat, Chicken e Rabbit ɓe ngoni ko e ƴeewde ko taarii ɗum en. E nder To the Island, wasiyaade wonande duuɓi 3–5, sehilaaɓe nayo ɓee ina njaha e duunde ɓadtiinde ngam waɗde piknik. Daartol ngol Donna Gold mo Portland Press Herald siftini ɗum wonde "wonaa ko majjere, wonaa kadi teddungal," e binndol potngol wonande janngooɓe fuɗɗotooɓe e nate ɗe, e kuutoragol kalaaji cemmbinɗi, ina kollita sahaa weltaare jokkondirɗo e sehilaaɓe.

E nder Agell's Up the Mountain, nayi ɗii njalti ñalnde toɓo ngam yahde dow tulde. Adventure oo, ina wiyee, "ina famɗi no feewi wonande sukaaɓe wonɓe e damal toowngal e nder renndo ngo" (nayi ɗii tan ina njaha haa dow tulde ndee e caggal), kono ƴeewtooɓe ɓee ina kawri wonde jimɗi koyɗi ɗii e nate ɗee, peeñninaaɗe e tinta, e koloor ndiyam e pastel, ina moƴƴi e sukaaɓe. Duuɓi 2–5 ina njiɗi.

Jaɓɓaade galle walla nokku hono mum (2003), deftere Agell adannde, ko daartol semi-autobiographique haalaaɗo e humpitooji Aggie Wing, jahroowo e duuɓi 13. Aggie e miñi mum, Thorne, ina njogori janngude no mbaawirta haɓde e nguurndam to Ludwig, Maine caggal nde yumma maɓɓe, binndoowo romance, jippini ɓe toon, yaltuɗo ngam waɗde wiɗtooji to Niagara Falls. Sukaaɓe ɗiɗo ɓee njippiima no feewi, jooni noon ina haani ɓe njannga wuurdude e mawniiko gorko mo duuɓi 91. Teemedde e nder deftere nde ina jeyaa heen accude, jaambaraagal, renndo, ɓesngu e yiytude galle. Elsa Geskus, e nder Jaŋde Cukaagu, siftinii deftere nde ko daartol gargol duuɓi e Barbara Auerbach hollitii e nder jaaynde defterdu duɗal, deftere nde ina jogii "jikkuuji tiiɗɗi e keɓtinirɗi; pacing moƴƴo; e Jaɓɓaade galle walla nokku gooto hono no ɗum nanndiraa e Polly Horvath mo The Canning Season. Wasiyaaji wonande duuɓi 12 e dow.

Deftere Agell nde distopiyanke, Shift (2008), ƴetti tonngoode jaɓnde ɓurnde niɓɓiɗde e defte makko ɓennuɗe ɗee, winndaaɗe caggal njanguuji baɗnooɗi to Amerik ñalnde 11 Septemmba 2001. Agell nanii mettere nde laamu Amerik jaabtii ɗeen kewuuji. "Mbele ko goonga leydi am ina bommboo laawol mum feewde e jam? Wiretapping ɓiɓɓe leydi mum ngam reende ndimaagu mum en?" o winndi e yeewtere nde o waɗdunoo e Macmillan Publishers, "Ko mi neɗɗo suɓiiɗo ɓiyleydaagu Amerik e anniya, nde ngon-mi mawɗo, miɗo felliti wonde ko wayi no janfa. Leydi am ndii ina joginoo laamu kulɓiniingu: ngu men. Huunde ndee fof ina joginoo sifaa surreal e dow mayre."

Agell ƴetti tikkere mum e nder deftere nde, o yuurnitii tiitooɗe ko wayi no ndimaagu neɗɗo, jogaade laamu, seerndude ekkol e dowla, diine, ganndal e ƴellitaare, e anndinde, e mbaydi, no protagonist mo duuɓi 15 e si Shriek, foti ko waɗde maanaa e nder aduna mo "yalti e whack." Aduna mo ɓe njahrata e mum e nder Shift ko leyɗeele dentuɗe Amerik Kerecee’en feccere caggal nukliyeer ɗe gollotooɓe e Homestate njiimi, ina nanndi e hitaande 1984 (George Orwell), The Stand (Stephen King) e The Road (Cormac McCarthy).

Agell ina yi’a Shift ko haala jeertinaaka. Yiylotooɓe ina njiytoo deftere nde ina miijotoo, ina janngee wonande sukaaɓe mawɓe yiɗɓe nde, hay so tawii won heen ina njiytoo heen ko ina jiiɓi, ina ƴetta heen geɗe nannduɗe e ko luulndii Kerecee’en. Agell jaɓaani ngool miijo, o wiyi e jikku makko Lenore, "Alla ina yiɗi en miijaade." Agell ina yiɗi wonde, e nder deftere ndee e nder nguurndam goonga, ngool miijo ina ummina luural. Agell yiɗi janngooɓe mum njannga naamnaade "ko woni so" e ƴellitde karallaagal miijaade e koye mum en, tawa ko e diineeji mum en.

E lewru marse 2011, Shift ƴettaa ngam dingiral Al Miller, o waɗi ɗum e nder eɓɓoore tiyaataar (peewnugol sosiyetee sukaaɓe), to Brunswick, ME.

Agell winndi e nder deftere mum, ko fayti e nguurndam suka debbo jahroowo e duuɓi 4, biyeteeɗo India McAllister, mawnuɗo e nder wuro tokooso to Maine. Tiitooɗe deftere nde ina mbaɗi ƴettugol sukaaɓe, sehilaagal, ngarke ɓernde, jokkere enɗam e ceergal ɗe njiylotoo ko e nder deftere nde fof ko geɗe gaadoraaɗe e nder nguurndam suka debbo tokooso oo. Binndol ngol ina wondi e nate diidi Inndo (Agell). Gooto e ƴeewtooɓe ɓee ñiŋii deftere nde no feewi, nde tawnoo ko ɓuri heewde e geɗe ɗe Inndo hawri e deftere nde, ɗe njuumtaani. Wasiyaaji sukaaɓe yahrooɓe e duuɓi 8–11, The Accidental Adventure of India McAllister inniraama e nder defte sappo ɓurɗe mawnude e GLBTQ ngam sukaaɓe janngooɓe e fedde defte Ameriknaare 2011 Rainbow Project.

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