Wendy Beckett

**Wendy Mary Beckett**  (25 ga Fabrairu 1930 - 26 ga Disamba 2018), wacce aka fi sani da **Sister Wendy**, 'yar'uwa ce ta addinin Katolika kuma masaniyar fasahar zane-zane ta Burtaniya  wacce ta shahara a duniya a shekarun 1990 lokacin da ta gabatar da jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin na BBC kan tarihin fasaha .  Shirye-shiryenta, kamar *Odyssey na Sister Wendy* da *Grand Tour na Sister Wendy,* galibi suna samun kashi 25 cikin 100 na masu kallon fina-finan Birtaniya.  A shekarar 1997 ta fara fitowa a talabijin na jama'a na Amurka, inda *[[New York Times|jaridar New York Times]]* ta bayyana ta a matsayin "wani bafulatani wanda ke kan hanyarta ta zama mai sukar fasaha mafi muni a tarihin talabijin." 

Beckett ta kasance memba a ƙungiyar ' Yan'uwan Notre Dame de Namur a da .

## Tarihin Rayuwa

### Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Beckett a Johannesburg a cikin Tarayyar Afirka ta Kudu, amma daga baya ta girma a Edinburgh, Scotland, inda mahaifinta ke karatun likitanci.  A shekarar 1946, ta shiga ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa Mata ta Notre Dame de Namur, wata ƙungiyar Katolika ta Roman Katolika da ta keɓe ga ilimi. An tura ta zuwa Ingila inda ta kammala karatunta na farko sannan ta yi karatu a Kwalejin St Anne, Oxford, inda aka ba ta digirin girmamawa na ajin farko na taya murna   a cikin adabin Turanci.  JRR Tolkien ita ce shugabar kwamitin jarrabawarta ta ƙarshe kuma ta nemi ta ci gaba da karatu a jami'a, gayyatar da ta ƙi.  Tun tana ƙarama Beckett ta sha wahala daga raunin zuciya kuma daga baya ta daina koyarwa, bayan kamuwa da farfadiya da damuwa ta haifar. 

A wajen aikinta na ilimi, ta zauna a wani gidan ibada wanda ke kiyaye ƙa'idar shiru kamar yadda aka saba a gidajen ibada kafin canje-canjen da suka biyo bayan Majalisar Vatican ta Biyu (1962-1965). Bayan ta halarci Kwalejin Ilimi ta Notre Dame da ke Liverpool kuma ta sami takardar shaidar koyarwa a 1954, ta koma Afirka ta Kudu don koyarwa a Notre Dame Convent, wata makaranta ga 'yan mata a Constantia, Cape Town, inda ta koyar da Turanci da Latin.  Daga baya ta koma Johannesburg inda aka naɗa ta shugabar gidan ibada na gida, yayin da ta kuma yi lacca a Jami'ar Witwatersrand .  

### Komawa Ingila
A shekarar 1970, matsalolin lafiya sun tilasta wa Beckett barin koyarwa ta koma Ingila. Ta sami izinin Paparoma na barin cocinta ta zama budurwa mai tsarki kuma mai ibada . Ta fara zama a cikin ayari a filin gidan sufi na Carmelite a Quidenham, Norfolk, kuma daga baya aka maye gurbin ayari nata da gida mai motsi.  Bayan ta karɓi shugabar Carmelite da wata mata mai kula da mata da ke kawo mata abinci, ta sadaukar da rayuwarta ga kaɗaici da addu'a, amma ta ware awanni biyu na aiki a kowace rana don samun abin da za ta ci. 

## Sha'awar fasaha
Beckett ta shafe shekaru da yawa tana fassara rubutun Latin na zamanin da kafin ta yanke shawarar neman fasaha, a shekarar 1980. An buga littafinta na farko, *Masu Zane-zanen Mata na Zamani,* a shekarar 1988. An buga littafin *<nowiki/>'Yar'uwa Wendy Contemplates Saint Paul in Art* a shekarar 2008 domin bikin Shekarar Saint Paul . A watan Mayu na shekarar 2009, an buga littafin *<nowiki/>'Encounts with God: In Quest of the Ancient Icons of Mary*', wanda ya biyo bayan aikin hajjin Beckett don ganin tsoffin gumakan Maryamu waɗanda suka tsira daga Iconoclasm na Byzantine . Beckett ta ci gaba da rubutu game da sha'awarta ga gumaka a cikin juzu'i na biyu na jerin littattafan ' *Yar'uwarta Wendy Contemplates*, wanda aka buga a watan Yuli na shekarar 2011. Wannan littafin, mai suna *The Iconic Jesus*, yana jagorantar mai karatu ta hanyar abubuwan da suka faru daga Sabon Alkawari, tare da tunani na Beckett. Littafinta na gaba, wanda aka buga a shekarar 2011, *The Christ Journey*, ya ƙunshi sharhinta kan zane-zanen Greg Tricker. 

Beckett ya buƙaci magani a matsayin likitan da ke kula da marasa lafiya a wani asibiti na yankin. &#x5B; ** &#x5D; Mai dafa abinci a talabijin Delia Smith, wacce ta musulunta a Roman Katolika, ta ba da kanta don ta tuka ta zuwa can kowane mako. Smith kuma tana tuka ta a duk faɗin ƙasar don ta haɗu da masu zane lokacin da Beckett ke rubuta littafinta game da mata masu zane-zane na zamani. Ta hanyar wannan su biyun suka zama abokai na kud da kud. 

Bayan sun ji sharhinta yayin da take halartar wani baje kolin zane-zane, wasu ma'aikatan fim sun nemi su yi mata bidiyo. Wannan ya jawo hankalin wani furodusa na BBC kuma ya haifar da, a shekarar 1992, ga *fim ɗin Sister Wendy* na farko. 

Beckett sau da yawa tana yin magana mai kyau a cikin bayanin jikin ɗan adam a cikin zane-zane, na maza da mata. Dangane da yanayin addininta, wannan ya ba wa wasu masu kallo mamaki. Duk da haka, ta dage kan bayyana hoton jikin ɗan adam a cikin zane lokacin da aka yi niyya, tana mai cewa "Allah bai yi kuskure ba lokacin da ya halicci jikin ɗan adam, don haka ba ni yin kuskure ta hanyar kwatanta shi." "Babu ɗaya daga cikin 'Yan'uwa mata da ya taɓa nuna gira ga duk abin da na faɗa ko na rubuta saboda ba su da wannan ra'ayin ƙarya cewa jima'i ba daidai ba ne."[...] Allah ya kalli halittarsa ya yi tunanin yana da kyau, ya yi tunanin yana da kyau, an halicce mu cikin siffar Allah, kuma babu wani abu mara kyau a cikin kowace sashe na jikin ɗan adam." 

## Aikin Talabijin da kafafen yada labarai
Beckett ya ba da labarin fim ɗin kamar haka:

* *Odyssey na 'yar'uwa Wendy* (1992) 
* *Babban Yawon Shakatawa na 'Yar'uwa Wendy* (1994) 
* *Ciwon Gilashin 'Yar'uwa Wendy* (1995) 
* *Labarin Zane na 'Yar'uwa Wendy* (1996) 
* *Waliyyai tare da Sister Wendy* (1997) 
* *Tarin Amurka na 'yar'uwa Wendy* (2001) 
* *<nowiki/>'Yar'uwa Wendy a Gidan Tarihi na Norton Simon* (2002) 

A shekara ta 2006 ta ba da wani sharhin sauti ga masu yawon bude ido a Sistine Chapel da ke Vatican:

* Yawon shakatawa na *Sistine Chapel na Sister Wendy* (2006) 

Har ila yau, yana da halaye masu zuwa:

* *<nowiki/>'Yar'uwa Wendy a Tattaunawa da Bill Moyers* (1997) 
* Ana samun fitowar fina-finai uku a kan *Charlie Rose* (3 ga Oktoba 1997; 18 ga Nuwamba 1997; 19 ga Satumba 2000) a kan DVD. 
* *Fasahar Mutuwa* (2009) ( Dan Cruickshank ya yi hira da Sister Wendy game da taimakon fasaha a gaban mutuwa) 
* *Coci-coci: Yadda Ake Karanta Su* (2010) ( Richard Taylor da Sister Wendy sun tattauna tsananin ibadar zamanin da ga Budurwa Maryamu da tasirinta ga Gyaran Hali) 
* *Taskar Aljanna* (2011) ( Andrew Graham-Dixon ya yi magana da Sister Wendy game da kayan tarihi da kayan tarihi) 
* *<nowiki/>'Yar'uwa Wendy da Fasahar Linjila* (25 Disamba 2012)  

A matsayinta na mai gabatar da shirye-shirye a talabijin, an san ta da yin rhotacism, wani cikas na magana wanda ya shafi yadda take furta Rs.   

### Sauran kafofin watsa labarai
An yi wani waƙar kiɗa, *Katunan Wasiku daga Allah: The Sister Wendy Musical*, wanda Marcus Reeves da Beccy Smith suka rubuta  a Jermyn Street Theatre da ke West End a 2007 da kuma Hackney Empire Studio Theatre a 2008.

A watan Disamba na 2012, Sister Wendy ta kasance baƙo ga shirin BBC Radio 4 's *Desert Island Discs* . Zaɓin da ta fi so shine " Serenade " (D 957 No. 4) na Franz Schubert, littafin da ta zaɓa "babban littafi ne na wasanin gwada ilimi", kuma kayan alatu nata "wurin zama a cikin firiji". 

A shekarar 1993, Sister Wendy ta yi rikodin wani gajeren sauti na Revels of Divine Love na Julian of Norwich . Wannan rikodin, daga fassarar ML Del Mastro kuma Donna K. Triggs ta daidaita shi don Sister Wendy, an fitar da shi a matsayin CD a shekarar 2021, mai taken Revels of Divine Love na Julian of Norwich wanda Sister Wendy Beckett ta karanta .

## Mutuwa
Beckett ta mutu a ranar 26 ga Disamba, 2018 a gidan ibada na Carmelite da ke Quidenham, Norfolk. Tana da shekaru 88. 

## Littattafai

* *Dearest Sister Wendy ... A Surprising Story of Faith and Friendship* (2022)
* *The Christ Journey – the art of Greg Tricker* (2011)
* *Sister Wendy Contemplates the Iconic Jesus* (2011)
* *Encounters With God: In Quest of Ancient Icons of Mary* (2009)
* *Sister Wendy Contemplates Saint Paul in Art* (2008)
* *Bernard of Clairvaux: Sermons for Advent And the Christmas Season*, with John Leinenweber (Editor), Irene Edmonds (Translator), Wendy Mary Beckett (Translator), Conrad Greenia (Translator) (2008)
* *Sister Wendy on Prayer* (2007)
* *Sister Wendy's Meditations on the Mysteries of Our Faith* (2007)
* *Speaking to the Heart: 100 Favourite Poems* (2006)
* *Sky-blue Is the Sapphire' Crimson the Rose: Stillpoint of Desire in John of Forde* by John, abbot of Forde, translated by Wendy Beckett (2006)
* *Joy Lasts: On the Spiritual in Art* (2006)
* *Sister Wendy's Impressionist Masterpieces* (2001)
* *Sister Wendy's American Masterpieces* (2001)
* *Sister Wendy's American Collection* (2000)
* *In the Midst of Chaos, Peace* (with Mary J. Dorcy and Dan Paulos) (2000)
* *Sister Wendy's Book of Muses* (with Justin Pumfrey) (2000)
* *Sister Wendy's 1,000 Masterpieces* (with Patricia Wright) (1999)
* *My Favourite Things: 75 Works of Art from Around the World* (1999)
* *Sister Wendy's Nativity* (1998)
* *Inner Life: A Fellow Traveler's Guide to Prayer* (by David Torkington; foreword by Sister Wendy) (1998)
* *Sister Wendy's Odyssey: A Journey of Artistic Discovery* (1998)
* *Sister Wendy's Book of Meditations* (1998)
* *Sister Wendy's Book of Saints* (1998)
* *The Mystery of Love: Saints in Art Through the Ages* (1998)
* *Sister Wendy's Story of Christmas: Adventures in Art* (1997)
* *Sister Wendy in Conversation with Bill Moyers: The Complete Conversation* (edited by Karen Johnson) (1997)
* *The Wisdom of the Apostles* (compiled by Philip Law; introduction by Sister Wendy) (1997)
* *The Duke and the Peasant: Life in the Middle Ages* (with Jean De Berry) (1997)
* *Max Beckmann and the Self* (1997)
* *Sister Wendy's Grand Tour: Discovering Europe's Great Art* (1996)
* *Pains of Glass: The Story of the Passion from King's College Chapel, Cambridge* (with George Pattison) (1996)
* *Sister Wendy's Meditations: Meditations on Joy* (1995)
* *Sister Wendy's Meditations: Meditations on Love* (1995)
* *Sister Wendy's Meditations: Meditations on Peace* (1995)
* *Sister Wendy's Meditations: Meditations on Silence* (1995)
* *A Child's Book of Prayer in Art* (1995)
* *The Story of Painting* (1994)
* *The Gaze of Love: Meditations on Art and Spiritual Transformation* (1994)
* *The Mystical Now: Art and the Sacred* (1993)
* *Contemporary Women Artists* (1988)

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