Clive Barker

**Clive Barker** (an haife shi a 5 ga Oktoba 1952) marubuci ne na Burtaniya, mai shirya fina-finai, kuma mai zane-zane. Ya zama sananne a cikin shekarun 1980 tare da jerin gajerun labaru da ake kira *Littattafan Jini*, wanda ya kafa shi a matsayin babban marubucin tsoro. An daidaita aikinsa zuwa fina-finai, musamman jerin Hellraiser (na farko wanda ya rubuta kuma ya ba da umarni) da jerin *Candyman*.

An nuna zane-zanen Barker da zane-zanensa a cikin hotuna a Amurka, kuma sun bayyana a cikin littattafansa. Ya kuma kirkiro haruffa da jerin littattafai masu ban dariya, kuma wasu daga cikin shahararrun labaran ban tsoro an nuna su a cikin jerin wasan kwaikwayo masu gudana.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Barker a Liverpool a ranar 5 ga Oktoba 1952.  Mahaifiyarsa, Joan Ruby (née Revill), ta kasance mai zane da kuma jami'in kula da lafiyar makaranta; mahaifinsa, Leonard Barker, ya yi aiki a matsayin darektan ma'aikata na kamfanin alaƙar masana'antu. Ya yi karatu a Makarantar Firamare ta Dovedale da Makarantar Sakandare ta Quarry Bank a Liverpool kafin ya shiga Jami'ar Liverpool, inda ya yi karatun Turanci da falsafar. A lokacin da yake da shekaru uku, ya ga mummunar mutuwar dan wasan Faransa Léo Valentin, wanda ya fadi a ƙasa yayin wasan kwaikwayon a wasan kwaikwayo a Liverpool. Daga baya zai yi nuni da Valentin a yawancin labarun sa.

## Ayyukan wasan kwaikwayo
Barker ya fara shiga cikin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na rayuwa yayin da yake makaranta tare da samar da *Voodoo* da Inferno a shekarar 1967. Ya yi aiki tare a wasan kwaikwayo shida tare da gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Imagination a 1974 da kuma wasu biyu da shi kaɗai ne marubucin, A Clowns' Sodom da Day of the Dog, don *Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Mute Pantomime* a 1976 da 1977.

Barker ya kafa ƙungiyar wasan kwaikwayo ta The Dog Company a cikin 1978 tare da tsoffin abokan makaranta da 'yan wasan kwaikwayo masu zuwa, da yawa daga cikinsu za su ci gaba da zama manyan abokan aiki a cikin aikin fim dinsa; Doug Bradley, abokinsa na dogon lokaci kuma tsohon abokin aji a Makarantar Sakandare ta Quarry Bank a Liverpool, ya ɗauki matsayin Pinhead a cikin jerin Hellraiser yayin da Peter Atkins ya rubuta rubutun don jerin Hellraizers na farko uku. A cikin shekaru biyar masu zuwa Barker ya rubuta wasanni tara, sau da yawa yana aiki a matsayin darektan, gami da wasu sanannun ayyukansa, *Tarihin Iblis*, Frankenstein in Love, da Asirin Rayuwa na Cartoons . 

Ayyukansa na wasan kwaikwayo sun zo kusa yayin da ya mayar da hankali ga rubuta *Littattafan Jini* .

## Ayyukan rubuce-rubuce
Barker marubucin tsoro ne da mafarki, kodayake ya ce yana tunanin rubuce-rubucensa kaɗan ne. Ya fara rubutu a farkon aikinsa, galibi a cikin gajerun labaru (wanda aka tattara a cikin *Littattafan Jini* 1-6) da kuma littafin Faustian The Damnation Game (1985). Daga baya ya koma ga fantasy na zamani da fantasy na birni tare da abubuwa masu ban tsoro a cikin *Weaveworld* (1987), The Great and Secret Show (1989), da kuma duniya *Imajica* (1991), da *Sakrament* (1996).  

Lokacin da aka fara buga *Littattafan Jini* a Amurka a cikin takarda, an nakalto Stephen King a kan murfin littafin: "Na ga makomar tsoro kuma sunansa Clive Barker ne. "  Kamar yadda tasirinsa yake a rubuce-rubucensa, Barker ya lissafa Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, William S. Burroughs, William Blake, da Jean Cocteau, da sauransu.

## Rayuwar sirri
Barker ya bayyana a kan Loveline a cikin 1996 cewa yana da dangantaka da yawa tare da tsofaffin mata a lokacin da yake matashi, amma ya fahimci cewa shi ɗan luwaɗi ne lokacin da yake kusa da shekaru 18 ko 19. Ya kasance tare da John Gregson daga 1975 zuwa 1986, kuma daga baya ya kasance cikin dangantaka daga 1996 zuwa 2009 tare da mai daukar hoto David Armstrong, wanda aka bayyana a matsayin mijinta a cikin gabatarwa ga *[[Coldheart Canyon]]* .

A farkon shekarunsa a matsayin marubuci, Barker a wasu lokuta ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da shi lokacin da rubuce-rubucensa ba su samar da isasshen kudin shiga ba. Ya kasance a buɗe game da abubuwan da ya samu tare da sadomasochism, yana kiran kansa "shida" a kan "sliding scale".

A shekara ta 2003, Barker ya sami lambar yabo ta Davidson / Valentini a 15th GLAAD Media Awards . 

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