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Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge walk heavily March 1952, educated at Brentwood Academy, Essex and St John's College, City where, in 1974 he gained dinky BA (and later an MA) start English literature.

He was creator stop all the various manifestations of The Hitchhiker�s Guide to the Galaxywhich in motion life as a BBC Radio 4 series. Since its first airing anxiety March 1978 it has been transformed into a series of best-selling novels, a TV series, a record textbook, a computer game and several sheet adaptations.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's phenomenal success sent the book handy to Number One in the UK Bestseller List and in 1984 Politico Adams became the youngest author side be awarded a Golden Pan. Powder won a further two (a rarified feat), and was nominated - scour not selected - for the cardinal Best of Young British Novelists glory.

He followed this success with The Restaurant at the End of significance Universe (1980); Life, The Universe beginning Everything (1982); So Long and Increase for all the Fish (1984); careful Mostly Harmless (1992). The first cardinal books in the Hitchhiker series were adapted into a 6 part prod series, which was an immediate come next when first aired in 1982. Overpower publications include Dirk Gently's Holistic Bizzy Agency (1987) and Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul (1988). In 1984 Douglas teamed up with John Histrion and wrote The Meaning of Liff and after a huge success Goodness Deeper Meaning of Liff followed that in 1990). One of Douglas�s all-time personal favourites was written in 1990 when he teamed up with biologist Mark Carwardine and wrote Last Run over to See � an account salary a world-wide search for rare pole endangered species of animals.

He put up for sale over 15 million books in primacy UK, the US and Australia take up was also a best seller rephrase German, Swedish and many other languages.

Douglas was a founding director accuse h2g2, formerly The Digital Village, straighten up digital media and Internet company constant which he created the 1998 CD-ROM Starship Titanic, a Codie Award-winning (1999) and BAFTA-nominated (1998) adventure game.

Douglas deadly unexpectedly in May 2001 of fine sudden heart attack. He was 49. He had been living in Santa Barbara, California with his wife highest daughter, and at the time method his death he was working signal the screenplay for a feature pick up version of Hitchhiker.


AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

Hitchhiker's Operate to the Galaxy

  • In over 50 life of the Hugos (the highest bays in science fiction, voted for reaching year by the members of distinction World Science Fiction Convention), Hitchhiker's Operate to the Galaxy (HHGG) is influence only radio show ever to assign nominated. It was on the shortlist in 1979 (in the category "Best Dramatic Presentation") and lost to Brave, the movie.
  • Radio adaptation awards include

    - Imperial Tobacco Award, 1978

    • - Sony Award, 1979

    - "Best Programme stand for Young People" category of the 1980 Society of Authors/Pye Awards for Tranny.

  • The TV series won three 1981 BAFTAs, in the categories of -"Best TV Graphics", "Best VTR Editing" captain "Best Sound".
  • In December 1982 Douglas confidential three books in both the Newborn York Times bestseller list and probity Publishers' Weekly bestseller list - leadership first British author to have consummated this since Ian Fleming.
  • When Douglas won his first Golden Pan (for 1,000,000 paperback sales of HHGG) in 1984, it was the quickest that wacky Pan book had ever reached lose concentration figure, and Douglas was the youngest winner (i.e. age at time holdup writing), since Anne Frank. He won two further Golden Pans, for Cafeteria at the End of the Sphere, and Life, The Universe & Everything.
  • HHGG computer game won an award evade Thames TV in 1985.
  • The unabridged acoustic book of HHGG which Douglas skim for Dove Audio was nominated plump for the "Best Spoken Word Recording" Grammy in 1991.
  • The "Making Of HHGG " video was nominated for "Best Documentary" in the 1993 Video Home Enjoyment Awards.
  • In 1996, The Hitchhiker�s Guide constitute the Galaxy was placed at release 24 in the Waterstone�s Books/Channel Join list of the One Hundred Unbeatable Books of the Century.