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Philip Pullman’s Obstacle With God
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In His Unilluminated Materials, packed together an HBO series, say publicly author takes on arranged religion. It’s not a fair fight.
By James Parker
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Philip Pullman
English author (born )
Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman[1]CBE FRSL (born 19 October ) is an English writer. His books include the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials and The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, a fictionalised biography of Jesus. In , The Times named Pullman one of the "50 greatest British writers since ".[2] In a BBC poll, he was named the eleventh most influential person in British culture.[3][4] He was knighted in the New Year Honours for services to literature.[5]
Northern Lights, the first volume in His Dark Materials, won the Carnegie Medal of the Library Association as the year's outstanding English-language children's book.[6] For the Carnegie's 70th anniversary, it was named in the top ten by a panel tasked with compiling a shortlist for a public vote for an all-time favourite.[7] It won that public vote and was named all-time "Carnegie of Carnegies" in June It was filmed under the book's US title, The Golden Compass. In , His Dark Materials trilogy ranked third in the BBC's The Big Read, a poll of top novels voted by the British public.[8]
Life and career
[edit]Philip Pullman was born in Norwich, England, the son of Audrey
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Every year at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich, England, a guest is invited to speak on the subject of religion and education. Sometimes, a prominent bishop is asked to deliver a lecture, but, as a rule, the event isn’t exactly a big draw. This year, the auditorium was filled, and another room, with a video feed, had to be set up for those who couldn’t fit into the main hall. The speaker, Philip Pullman, is fervently admired for his sophisticated trilogy of children’s novels called, collectively, “His Dark Materials.” In Britain, his books have sold millions of copies, and his often contentious essays on subjects ranging from censorship to education—“We need to ensure that children are not forced to waste their time on barren rubbish” is a typical declaration—appear regularly in the London papers.
In some ways, Pullman was a natural choice for the lecture: he was born in Norwich, where his grandfather was an Anglican parish priest, and the university, which is renowned for its creative-writing program, has given him an honorary degree. In his books, fantasy is a springboard for exploring cosmic questions about the purpose of human life and the nature of the universe. Nevertheless, the selection of Pullman was surprising: he is one of England’s most outspoken atheists