It was just 80 years ago that Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone With The Wind" is released. His author has no other book, but the only one she writes wins Pulitzer and has been proclaimed "the novel of all time". There is something mystical about the life and the end of this mystical woman who lives like a whirlwind, and she dies, swept by a taxi, a few blocks from her home.
Margaret Mitchell was born in Atlanta, and her family is similar to what she describes in her novel. Her father, Eugene Mitchell, was a lawyer and chairman of the local historical society, and her two grandfathers were civilian, southern. Little Margaret listens to their stories. She gets a solid education at the Washington Seminary and Smiths College. She joined the Atlanta Journal as a reporter. How come the idea of the novel? - In 1926, Margaret left work because of her inability to walk because of ankle ankle trauma. Her husband encourages her to start writing books. So the journalist dares to try as a writer. Her legendary novel, "Gone With The Wind", was written for over a decade, from 1926 to 1936. Already with the printing, the book has unparalleled success. A year later, Mitchell grabs Pulitzer for the best novel. By the end of the year, a million and a half copies of the novel have been sold in 18 languages.
Margaret Mitchell welcomes her success. After several crashes, she suffered a distortion of the spine and had a terrible pain. She did not tolerate the interviews, she was irritated by strangers. She does not star in the photos of Hollywood production on her book. "Gone With The Wind" movie is on screen in 1939 and marks a colossal success. Scarlett's love story, Harrah and Ruth Butler, is so excitingly told by screenwriter Viktor Fleming and actors Viviane Lee and Clark Gable that he becomes Hollywood's "golden hen." The film becomes a record holder on tickets sold, and after receiving the record-breaking 10 Oscar Awards, became a world movie emblem. The success of the film drives a new record of interest, back to the novel. In 1941, the "Gone With The Wind" was jumping to the unprecedented 3 million and a half. And only for the English-speaking market. The writer, however, does not show any spell of success. Instead, instead of sympathetic to her character, she suddenly made the statement thats he did not approve Scarlet's "staggering." "It is not a national heroine," Mitchell said in an interview, "I think this speaks badly about the moral and mental state of the nation, if it is capable of applauding and embracing a woman who behaves in a similar way." Strange why is this writer's irritation by her character? "Many literary critics begin to guess what the reasons for this attitude are, and most of them feel that Mitchell identifies herself with her heroine, and her rejection is a reaction to self-defense. Mitchell itself denies these assumptions and even gets annoyed by them.
They describe Margaret Mitchell as "the reborn Georges Sand" - and she, like her, loved the men's clothing, the horse, the smoker, and she carried a gun. She marries twice and twice divorces. She loved to rule over her husband. She has crashed several times with her car and in some cruel irony of fate, after her stormy life, dies with a car. A fast-paced taxi swept her on August 11, 1949, and 5 days later Margaret Mitchell died at age 49. This, in short, is her life. Quick and shy like a whirlwind, after which there is a great book - "Gone With The Wind".