Helen Beatrix Potter was an English writer and illustrator, born in 1866 in London in Kensington, was the daughter of a lawyer living esclusivamante inherited annuities rarely practiced the profession. While his brother was sent to school, was educated at Betarix home, immediately revealed the remarkable artistic talent and his love for nature and animals (seen during the holiday in the Lake Distric), which increasingly became the subject of his drawings and paintings. His personality, his excellent skills as an art critic, his desire for independence, are collected in the diary which he began writing at age 15 with a coded language that was decrypted to give the diary to the press after the death of the author. Beatrix wrote the first story was titled "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" and began what would become its own peculiarities, or writing illustrated letters to children. The tale of Peter Rabbit found in 1902 un editore non senza fatica, fu grazie a questo ed altri racconti magnifici che Beatrix Potter ottenne l'indipendenza economica. Con le pubblicazioni arrivò anche l'amore, si inammorò dell'editore Norman Warne: il matrimonio non era ben visto dai genitori di Beatrix poichè non volevano che la figlia sposasse "un uomo che doveva lavorare per vivere", la scrittrice però decise ugualmente di sposarlo ma questi morì pochi mesi prima del matrimonio; lei si sposò poi, all'età di 47 anni, con il suo avvocato William Heelis. Dopo il suo matrimonio Beatrix acquistò un terreno nel Lake District dove si trasferì e dedicò il resto della sua vita alla campagna e all'allevamento ma non solo:c on il re ddito from The Peter Rabbit Books was able to buy and manage land for the National Trust. When he died in 1943, Beatrix Potter left 4,000 acres of land to the National Trust, 15 farms, cottages and many areas including Tarn Hows. His gift to the land he loved was to help preserve it for future generations.
- published 23 books
- Peter Rabbit was translated into 20 languages \u200b\u200band published 80 million copies
- Beatrix Potter was also interested in designing the puppet-merchandising the wallpaper and the play of Peter Rabbit.
- In 2006 he was made a movie called Miss Potter - directed by Chris Nooan.
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