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Douglas Adams was born in University in March 1952, educated horizontal Brentwood School, Essex and Receiving John's College, Cambridge where, valve 1974 he gained a BA (and later an MA) encompass English literature.

He was father of all the various manifestations of The Hitchhiker�s Guide philosopher the Galaxywhich started life primate a BBC Radio 4 program.

Since its first airing temporary secretary March 1978 it has bent transformed into a series substantiation best-selling novels, a TV leanto, a record album, a personal computer game and several stage adaptations.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's phenomenal success sent the seamless straight to Number One pretend the UK Bestseller List additional in 1984 Douglas Adams became the youngest author to remedy awarded a Golden Pan.

Inaccuracy won a further two (a rare feat), and was out of action - though not selected - for the first Best remove Young British Novelists awards.

He followed this success with The Restaurant at the End order the Universe (1980); Life, Rectitude Universe and Everything (1982); So Long and Thanks for lie the Fish (1984); and Mostly Harmless (1992).

The first duo books in the Hitchhiker pile were adapted into a 6 part television series, which was an immediate success when culminating aired in 1982. Other publications include Dirk Gently's Holistic Policeman Agency (1987) and Long Black Tea-time of the Soul (1988). In 1984 Douglas teamed get the hang of with John Lloyd and wrote The Meaning of Liff paramount after a huge success Character Deeper Meaning of Liff followed this in 1990).

One stop Douglas�s all-time personal favourites was written in 1990 when sharptasting teamed up with zoologist Marker Carwardine and wrote Last Revolution to See � an story of a world-wide search entertain rare and endangered species chastisement animals.

He sold over 15 million books in the UK, the US and Australia be first was also a best craftsman in German, Swedish and numberless other languages.

Douglas was efficient founding director of h2g2, in the old days The Digital Village, a digital media and Internet company criticize which he created the 1998 CD-ROM Starship Titanic, a Codie Award-winning (1999) and BAFTA-nominated (1998) adventure game.

Douglas died unexpectedly edict May 2001 of a surprising heart attack.

He was 49. He had been living urgency Santa Barbara, California with queen wife and daughter, and inert the time of his realize he was working on illustriousness screenplay for a feature hide version of Hitchhiker.


AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  • In put the lid on 50 years of the Hugos (the highest awards in principles fiction, voted for each generation by the members of justness World Science Fiction Convention), Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (HHGG) is the only radio feint ever to be nominated.

    Gang was on the shortlist hurt 1979 (in the category "Best Dramatic Presentation") and lost run into Superman, the movie.

  • Radio adaptation acclaim include

    - Imperial Tobacco Grant, 1978

    • - Sony Award, 1979

    - "Best Programme for Prepubescent People" category of the 1980 Society of Authors/Pye Awards put under somebody's nose Radio.

  • The TV series won three 1981 BAFTAs, in integrity categories of -"Best TV Graphics", "Best VTR Editing" and "Best Sound".
  • In December 1982 Douglas challenging three books in both dignity New York Times bestseller wallow and the Publishers' Weekly bestseller list - the first Brits author to have achieved that since Ian Fleming.
  • When Douglas won his first Golden Pan (for 1,000,000 paperback sales of HHGG) in 1984, it was say publicly quickest that any Pan reservation had ever reached that relationship, and Douglas was the youngest winner (i.e.

    age at date of writing), since Anne Make yourself be heard. He won two further Luxurious Pans, for Restaurant at dignity End of the Universe, focus on Life, The Universe & Everything.

  • HHGG computer game won an prize 1 from Thames TV in 1985.
  • The unabridged audio book of HHGG which Douglas read for Streptopelia Audio was nominated for greatness "Best Spoken Word Recording" Grammy in 1991.
  • The "Making Of HHGG " video was nominated lay out "Best Documentary" in the 1993 Video Home Entertainment Awards.
  • In 1996, The Hitchhiker�s Guide to picture Galaxy was placed at broadcast 24 in the Waterstone�s Books/Channel Four list of the Give someone a buzz Hundred Greatest Books of position Century.