Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE (27 March 1922 – 4 January 2011), was an English writer of children's books, primarily using the pen name Dick King-Smith. He is best known for The Sheep-Pig (1983). It was adapted as the movie Babe (1995) and translations have been published in fifteen languages. He was awarded an Honorary Master of Education degree by the University of the West of England in 1999 and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.

Early life, military service
King-Smith was born on 27 March 1922 in Bitton, Gloucestershire and grew up in the West Country. His father was Captain Ronald King-Smith DSO MC, who ran several paper mills. King-Smith was educated at Beaudesert Park School and Marlborough College. He was a soldier in World War II, serving with the Grenadier Guards in Italy, and a farmer for 20 years before he became a teacher at Farmborough Primary School and author. King-Smith's first book was The Fox Busters, published in 1978 while he was living and teaching in Farmborough.

In 1941, at the age of 19, King-Smith enlisted as a recruit in the Grenadier Guards,and was subsequently commissioned into the Grandier Guards in December 1942. As a young platoon commander in September 1943, he took part in the Salerno Landings in Italy. On arrival in Salerno, his platoon fought their way up Italy, along with many others, which took months. On 12 July 1944, King-Smith was seriously injured by a British hand grenade thrown by a German soldier. He was only saved from certain death because he was sheltering behind a tree, which took the brunt of the explosion. He suffered extensive sharp wounds, and later, when he was back in England, a cerebral embolism, either of which could have killed him. He relinquished his commission in June 1946, "on account of disability", and returned to farming.

Personal life
King-Smith met his wife, Myrle on Christmas Day 1936. They were both 14. They were married at St. Mary's Church, Bitton, on 6 February 1943. They had three children: Juliet, Giles and Liz. Myrle died in 2000, and King-Smith subsequently married Zona Bedding, a family friend. He presented a feature on animals on TV-AM's children's programme Rub-a-Dub-Tub (1983).

Death
King-Smith died on 4 January 2011 at his home near Bath, Somerset at the age of 88. He was survived by his 3 children, 14 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild.

Awards 
King-Smith and The Sheep-Pig won the 1984 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children writers.

Works

 The Fox Busters (1978)
 Daggie Dogfoot; US title, Pigs Might Fly (1980)
 Magnus Powermouse (1982)
 The Mouse Butcher (1982)
 The Queen's Nose (1983)
 The Sheep-Pig  (1983); US title, Babe: The Gallant Pig
 Harry's Mad (1984)
 Lightning Fred (1985)
 Saddlebottom (1985)
 Dumpling (1986)
 E.S.P. (1986)
 Noah's Brother (1986)
 The Hodgeheg (1987)
 Tumbleweed (1987)
 Country Watch (1987)
 Town Watch (1987)
 Farmer Bungle Forgets (1987)
 Friends and Brothers (1987)
 Cuckoobush Farm (1987)
 George Speaks (1988)
 Emily's Legs (1988)
 Water Watch (1988)
 Dodo Comes to Tumbledown Farm (1988)
 Tumbledown Farm – The Greatest (1988)
 The Jenius (1988)
 Martin's Mice (1988)
 Sophie
 Sophie's Snail (1988)
 Sophie's Tom (1991)
 Sophie Hits Six (1991)
 Sophie in the Saddle (1993)
 Sophie is Seven (1994)
 Sophie's Lucky (1995)
 Ace (1990)
 Alice and Flower and Foxianna (1989)
 Beware of the Bull (1989)
 The Toby Man (1989)
 Dodos Are Forever (1989)
 The Trouble with Edward (1989)
 Jungle Jingles (1990)
 Blessu (1990)
 Paddy's Pot of Gold (1990)
 Alphabeasts (1990)
 The Water Horse (1990)
 The Whistling Piglet (1990)
 Mrs. Jolly (Series)
 The Jolly Witch (1990)
 Mrs. Jollipop (1996)
 Mrs. Jolly's Brolly (1998)
 The Jolly Witch Trilogy (2000)
 The Cuckoo Child (1991) (illustrated by Leslie W. Bowman)
 The Guard Dog (1991)
 Lightning Strikes Twice (1991)
 Caruso's Cool Cats (1991)
 Dick King-Smith's Triffic Pig Book (1991)
 Find the White Horse (1991)
 Horace and Maurice (1991)
 Lady Daisy (1992)
 Pretty Polly (1992)
 Dick King-Smith's Water Watch (1992)
 The Finger Eater (1992)
 The Ghost at Codlin Castle and Other Stories (1992)
 Super Terrific Pigs (1992)
 The Invisible Dog (1993)
 All Pigs Are Beautiful (1993)
 The Merrythought (1993)
 The Swoose (1993)
 Uncle Bumpo (1993)
 Dragon Boy (1993)
 Horse Pie (1993)
 Connie and Rollo (1994)
 The School Mouse (1994)
 Triffic: A Rare Pig's Tale (1994)
 Mr. Potter's Pet (1994)
 Harriet's Hare (1994)
 The Excitement of Being Ernest (1994)
 I Love Guinea Pigs (1994)
 Three Terrible Trins (1994)
 Happy Mouseday (1994)
 Bobby the Bad (1994)
 The Clockwork Mouse (1995)
 King Max the Last (1995)
 Omnibombulator (1995)
 The Terrible Trins (1995)
 Warlock Watson (1995)
 All Because of Jackson (1995)
 The Stray (1996)
 Clever Duck (1996)
 Dirty Gertie Macintosh (1996)
 Smasher (1996)
 Godhanger (1996)
 Hogsel and Gruntel (1996)
 Treasure Trove (1996)
 Mixed-Up Max (1997)
 What Sadie Saw (1997)
 The Spotty Pig (1997)
 A Mouse Called Wolf (1997)
 Robin Hood and His Miserable Men (1997)(illustrated by John Eastwood)
 Thinderella (1997)
 Puppy Love (1997)
 The Merman (1997)
 Round About 5 (1997)
 Mr. Ape (1998)
 How Green Was My Mouse (1998)
 The Big Pig Book (1998)
 Creepy Creatures Bag (1998)
 The Robber Boy (1998)
 The Crowstarver (1998)
 Pig in the City (1999)
 Poppet (1999)
 The Witch of Blackberry Bottom (1999)
 The Roundhill (2000)
 Spider Sparrow (2000)
 Just in Time (2000)
 The Magic Carpet Slippers (2000)
 Julius Caesar's Goat (2000)
 Mysterious Miss Slade (2000)
 Lady Lollipop (2000)
 The Biography Center (2001)
 Back to Front Benjy (2001)
 The Great Sloth Race (2001)
 Fat Lawrence (2001)
 Funny Frank (2001)
 Chewing the Cud (2001) (autobiography)
 Titus Rules! / Titus Rules OK! (2002)
 Billy the Bird/All Because of Jackson (2002)
 Story Box (2002)
 The Golden Goose (2003)
 Traffic (2003)
 Clever Lollipop (2003)
 The Adventurous Snail (2003)
 The Nine Lives of Aristotle (2003)
 Aristotle (2003)
 Just Binnie (2004)
 The Catlady (2004)
 Under the Mishmash Trees (2005)
 Hairy Hezekiah (2005)
 Dinosaur Trouble (2005)
 Nosy (2005)
 The Mouse Family Robinson (2007)

Adaptations
Harry's Mad (1993–1996): TV series based on Harry's Mad
The Queen's Nose (1995–2003): TV Series based on The Queen's Nose
Babe (1995) and its sequel: film based on The Sheep-Pig
Foxbusters (1999–2000): TV cartoon loosely based on The Fox Busters
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007): film based on The Water Horse book

References

External links 

 
 Dick King-Smith Bibliography  at Bookseller World
 Dick King-Smith at Fantastic Fiction, with photo portrait and book covers
 
 
 

1922 births
2011 deaths
20th-century British novelists
20th-century English novelists
21st-century British novelists
21st-century English novelists
British Army personnel of World War II
British children's writers
Grenadier Guards soldiers
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize winners
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
People educated at Beaudesert Park School
People educated at Marlborough College
People from Bitton
딕 킹스미스(Dick King-Smith, OBE, 1922년 3월 27일 ~ 2011년 1월 4일)는 영국의 아동문학 작가이다.

《양치기 돼지》(The Sheep-Pig)가 유명하며, 이는 미국에서는 《용감한 돼지 베이브》라는 제목으로 출간되어 1995년 《꼬마 돼지 베이브》란 제목으로 영화화되었다.

생애 
1922년 글로스터셔주에서 태어났다. 제2차 세계 대전에 군인으로서 참전한 경력이 있고, 그 후 20년간 농업에 종사하다 교사와 작가로 활동했다. 처음으로 쓴 책은 1978년 출간된 《여우잡이 암탉 삼총사》(The Fox Busters)이고, 이때 그의 나이는 56세였다. 딕 킹스미스는 늦게 등단했지만 영국에서 가장 많은 작품을 발표한 작가 중 한명으로, 100권이 넘는 책을 집필하였고 이들은 12개 언어로 번역되었다.

그는 평생 브리스틀 근교의 농업마을 퀸 찰턴(Queen Charlton)에 거주하며 에이번 야생보호협회(Avon Wildlife Trust) 부회장으로서 지역사회에 봉사했다.

딕 킹스미스는 1943년 첫 번째 아내 멀(Myrle)과 결혼하여 3명의 자녀와 12명의 손자들을 두었다. 멀은 2000년 사망했고, 딕 킹스미스는 가족과 가까웠던 조나 베딩(Zona Bedding)과 재혼했다.

딕 킹스미스는 2011년 1월 5일 88세로 사망하였다.

작품

한국어 번역본 
 여우잡이 암탉 삼총사 The Fox Busters(1978)
 하늘을 나는 돼지 Daggie Dogfoot 혹은 Pigs Might Fly (1980)
 양치기 돼지 The Sheep-Pig (1983)
 나는 고슴도치야 The Hodgeheg (1987)
 소피 Sophie
 소피는 농부가 될거야 Sophie's Snail (1988)
 소피가 학교 가는날 Sophie's Tom (1991)
 소피에게 강아지가 생겼어요 Sophie Hits Six (1991)
 소피가 여름휴가를 갔어요 Sophie in the Saddle (1993)
 소피는 결혼하고 싶어요 Sophie Hits Seven (1994)
 소피의 고양이 Sophie's Lucky (1995)
 도도새는 살아있다 (1989)
 고양이 마틴의 애완용 생쥐 (1991)
 레이디 롤리팝 말괄량이 길들이기 Lady Lollipop (2000)
 풀빛요정의 황금단지 The Golden Goose (2003)
 레이디 롤리팝 말괄량이 공부하기 Clever Lollipop (2003)
 싱글벙글 아줌마의 마법소동 The Nine Lives of Aristotle (2003)
 바다의 선물 크루소 The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007): 동명의 제목으로 영화화 됨.

비번역본 

 Magnus Powermouse (1982)
 The Queen's Nose (1983)
 Saddlebottom (1985)
 Noah's Brother (1986)
 Tumbleweed (1987)
 Farmer Bungle Forgets (1987)
 Friends and Brothers (1987)
 Cuckoobush Farm (1987)
 George Speaks (1988)
 The Mouse Butcher (1988)
 Emily's Legs (1988)
 Water Watch (1988)
 Dodo Comes to Tumbledown Farm (1988)
 Tumbledown Farm - The Greatest (1988)
 The Jenius (1988)
 Ace (1990)
 Alice And Flower And Foxianna (1989)
 Beware of the Bull (1989)
 The Toby Man (1989)
 The Trouble with Edward (1989)
 Jungle Jingles (1990)
 Blessu (1990)
 Hogsel and Gruntel (1990)
 Paddy's Pot of Gold (1990)
 Alphabeasts (1990)
 The Water Horse (1990)
 The Whistling Piglet (1990)
 The Jolly Witch (1990)
 Mrs. Jollipop (1996)
 Mrs. Jolly's Brolly (1998)
 The Cuckoo Child (1991)
 The Guard Dog (1991)
 Lightning Strikes Twice (1991)
 Caruso's Cool Cats (1991)
 Dick King-Smith's Triffic Pig Book (1991)
 Find the White Horse (1991)
 Horace and Maurice (1991)
 Lady Daisy (1992)
 Pretty Polly (1992)
 Dick King-Smith's Water Watch (1992)
 The Finger Eater (1992)
 The Ghost At Codlin Castle And Other Stories (1992)
 Super Terrific Pigs (1992)
 The Invisible Dog (1993)
 All Pigs Are Beautiful (1993)
 The Merrythought (1993)
 The Swoose (1993)
 Uncle Bumpo (1993)
 Dragon Boy (1993)
 Horse Pie (1993)
 Harry's Mad (1993)
 Connie and Rollo (1994)
 The School Mouse (1994)
 Triffic: A Rare Pig's Tale (1994)
 Mr. Potter's Pet (1994)
 Harriet's Hare (1994)
 The Excitement of Being Ernest (1994)
 I Love Guinea Pigs (1994)
 Three Terrible Trins (1994)
 Happy Mouseday (1994)
 Bobby the Bad (1994)
 The Clockwork Mouse (1995)
 King Max the Last (1995)
 Omnibombulator (1995)
 The Terrible Trins (1995)
 Warlock Watson (1995)
 All Because of Jackson (1995)
 The Stray (1996)
 Clever Duck (1996)
 Dirty Gertie Macintosh (1996)
 Smasher (1996)
 Godhanger (1996)
 King Max the Last (1996)
 Winter Wonderland (1996)
 Treasure Trove (1996)
 Mixed-up Max (1997)
 What Sadie Saw (1997)
 The Spotty Pig (1997)
 A Mouse Called Wolf (1997)
 Robin Hood And His Miserable Men (1997)
 Thinderella (1997)
 Puppy Love (1997)
 The Merman (1997)
 Round About 5 (1997)
 Mr Ape (1998)
 How Green Was My Mouse (1998)
 The Big Pig Book (1998)
 Creepy Creatures Bag (1998)
 The Robber Boy (1998)
 Pig in the City (1999)
 Poppet (1999)
 The Roundhill (2000)
 Spider Sparrow (2000)
 Just in Time (2000)
 The Magic Carpet Slippers (2000)
 Julius Caesar's Goat (2000)
 Mysterious Miss Slade (2000)
 Billy the Bird (2000)
 Back to Front Benjy (2001)
 The Great Sloth Race (2001)
 Fat Lawrence (2001)
 Funny Frank (2001)
 Chewing The Cud (Autobiography) (2001)
 Titus Rules! (2002)
 Billy the Bird / All Because of Jackson (2002)
 Story Box (2002)
 Traffic (2003)
 The Adventurous Snail (2003)
 Aristotle (2003)
 Just Binnie (2004)
 The Catlady (2004)
 Under the Mishmash Trees (2005)
 Hairy Hezekiah (2005)
 Dinosaur Trouble (2005)
 Nosy (2005)
 The Mouse Family Robinson (2007)

각색된 작품 
 Harry's Mad (1993-1996): TV series based on Harry's Mad
 The Queen's Nose (1995-2003): TV Series based on The Queen's Nose
 Babe (1995): film based on The Sheep-Pig a.k.a. Babe, the Gallant Pig
 Babe: Pig in the City (1998): film sequel using King-Smith characters
 The Foxbusters (1999-2000): TV cartoon loosely based on The Fox Busters

서훈 
 2010년 대영 제국 훈장 4등급(OBE) 수훈

각주

외부 링크 
  
  Dick King-Smith - Fantastic Fiction 웹사이트

1922년 출생
2011년 사망
잉글랜드의 아동문학 작가
영국의 제2차 세계 대전 참전 군인
대영제국 훈장 장교