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TharuAtharata Giya Daruwa: Childhood of Arthur C Clarke

The book ‘TharuAtharata Giya Daruwa’ is a biography that traces the childhood years of Sir Arthur C Clarke(1917 - 2008), renowned science fiction author, undersea explorer and the firstto propose global satellite communications.

Written instory-telling style in conversational Sinhala, this book is suitable forreaders of all ages, and especially for parents, teachers and teenaged children.

Arthur C Clarke’sliterary and scientific accomplishments are well known (official website is at:https://arthurcclarke.org). By sharingauthentic information about his childhood and youth, this book shows whatinspired him to become one of the most imaginative scientific minds of thetwentieth century.

Born to anordinary family in rural England in 1917, young Arthur Clarke spent hischildhood and youth in the village Minehead, Somerset, close to the sea. His earlyexperiences were shaped by growing up on the family farm, exploring the localbeach, and working part-time at the village post office.

Arthur was theeldest in a family of four, raised by their mother who was widowed at a youngage. She managed the farm and offered lodging for paying guests at the farmhouse, involving her children in these efforts. Despite having to cycling 20 kilometresto school and back and helping on the farm, Arthur excelled in studies. He alsomanaged his time to engage in his hobbies of star gazing, mechanicalexperiments and nature observations.

The book iswritten by science writer NalakaGunawardene who worked with Clarke for 21 years as research associate athis personal office in Colombo. It is illustrated with 74 photographs includingmany taken from family albums preserved by the Arthur C Clarke Trust thatmanages his archives. The book contains some original caricatures drawn by cartoonistDharshanaKarunathilake who designed the book.

Chapters aredevoted to facets of young Arthur Clarke, covering pursuits like avid reading,fiction writing, rocket building, movie watching and his elaborate yet harmlesspranks. Through the book, readers discover less known aspects of the man – suchas his fondness for animals, deep interest in dinosaurs and early involvementin comics.