John Marsden (writer)

**John Marsden** (27 ga Satumba 1950 - 18 ga Disamba 2024) marubuci ne kuma malami ɗan ƙasar Ostiraliya. Ya rubuta littattafai sama da 40 a cikin aikinsa, ciki har da littafinsa na matashi *Tomorrow, When the War Beginning*, wanda ya fara jerin littattafai bakwai.

Marsden ya fara rubutu ga yara yayin da yake aiki a matsayin malami, kuma ya sami littafinsa na farko, *So Much to Tell You*, wanda aka buga a shekarar 1987. A shekarar 2006, ya fara wata makaranta ta daban, Makarantar Candlebark, kuma ya rage rubuce-rubucensa zuwa mai da hankali kan koyarwa da gudanar da makarantar. A shekarar 2016, ya bude makarantar sakandare mai mayar da hankali kan fasaha, Makarantar Alice Miller. Duk makarantun suna cikin Macedon Ranges na Victoria.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi John Marsden a ranar 27 ga Satumba, 1950 a Melbourne, ɗan Eustace Culham Hudson Marsden da Jeanne Lawler Marsden. [1] Yana da 'yan'uwa maza biyu. Robin da Andrew (Sam) da kuma ƙaramin ɗan'uwa, Rosalind. Ya shafe shekaru 10 na farko na rayuwarsa yana zaune a garuruwan karkara na Kyneton da Devonport, Tasmania. Ya kasance ɗan'uwa ne na babban malamin cocin Anglican na mulkin mallaka kuma alkali Samuel Marsden .

Lokacin da Marsden yake ɗan shekara 10, ya ƙaura zuwa Sydney ya halarci Makarantar Sarki, Parramatta. An karɓe shi a Jami'ar Sydney don yin digiri biyu a fannin shari'a da fasaha, amma daga ƙarshe ya daina aiki. Ya yi aiki a wurare daban-daban, ciki har da wurin yanka dabbobi, aiki a wurin ajiye gawawwaki, kai pizza, aiki a matsayin mai jigilar babura, aiki a matsayin mai gadi na dare, sayar da ƙamus, da kuma aiki da kaji. 

## Sana'a

### Farkon aikina
A lokacin da yake aiki a harabar Timbertop ta Makarantar Geelong Grammar, Marsden ya yanke shawarar rubuta wa matasa, bayan rashin gamsuwarsa da rashin son karatun ɗalibansa,  ko kuma lura cewa matasa ba sa karatu. Daga nan Marsden ya rubuta *So Much to Tell You* cikin makonni uku kacal, kuma an buga littafin a shekarar 1987. Littafin ya sayar da adadi mai yawa kuma ya lashe kyaututtuka da dama ciki har da "Littafin Shekara" ta Majalisar Littattafan Yara ta Ostiraliya (CBCA).    

A cikin shekaru biyar bayan buga littafin *So Much To Tell You*, Marsden ya buga wasu littattafai shida. Manyan ayyukan wannan lokacin sune *Out of Time*, wanda CBCA ta zaɓe shi a matsayin littafi mai daraja ga tsofaffin masu karatu, da kuma *Letters From the Inside* da kuma ci gaba da littafin *So Much to Tell You* mai suna *Take My Word For It*, wanda duka aka zaɓa don kyautar Littafin Yara na Shekara: Masu Karatu na CBCA. Bayan an buga shi a Amurka, Letters *From the Inside* ya sami yabo daga Mujallar The Horn Book da kuma Ƙungiyar Laburare ta Amurka. Marubucin littafin Amurka Robert Cormier ya ga littafin "wanda ba za a manta da shi ba" kuma ya bayyana Marsden a matsayin "babban marubuci wanda ya cancanci yabo a duk duniya".

### Daga baya aiki
 
A shekarar 1993, Marsden ya buga *littafin Tomorrow, When the War Begin*, littafi na farko a cikin jerin littattafan  kuma aikinsa mafi shahara. Marsden ya ci gaba da rubuta littattafai bakwai a cikin jerin littattafan *Tomorrow*, tare da wani littafi mai suna *The Ellie Chronicles.*

A lokaci guda da yake rubuta jerin littattafan *Tomorrow*, Marsden ya rubuta wasu littattafai da dama kamar *Checkers*, ayyukan da aka gyara kamar *This I Believe*, ya rubuta littattafan hotuna na yara kamar *The Rabbits*, waƙoƙi kamar *Prayer for the Twenty-First Century*, da ayyukan da ba na almara ba kamar *Everything I Know About Writing* da *Secret Men's Business.* Ya rubuta littattafai sama da 40 a cikin aikinsa. Littafinsa na ƙarshe, mai taken *Take Risks*, an buga shi a shekarar 2021.

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