Profession known to women.
A writer isn’t born a writer you become. These ladies are not just chosen a literary career, and initially tried a lot of other professions that have given them invaluable experience in their subsequent work.
We decided to remember what he did for a living Agatha Christie, Ethel Voynich, Doris Lessing and other well-known foreign writer.
Colleen McCullough
Colleen McCullough, famous for the novel “the thorn birds”, and wanted to dedicate his life to medicine, despite their own rather fragile health. On the way to his dream of the future writer was faced with many obstacles, in particular, is allergic to sanitizer soap. In the end, McCullough decided to go into neurobiology, and even while he taught her at Yale.
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie was born to a wealthy family, but during the First world war she worked as a nurse in the hospital than was very proud of. A little later, the Queen of the detective became a pharmacist, which is why so many crimes in her books was done by poisons.
Mary Stuart
English novelist Mary Stewart worked as an English teacher. The writer traveled along with her husband has enabled her to collect material for so many novels.
Iris Murdoch
Iris Murdoch, the leader in the number of hits in the shortlist for the British Booker, was teaching philosophy in Oxford. The first publication of the writer was not of an artistic nature, and belonged to the scientific field.
Doris Lessing
Before you start your literary career, winner of the Nobel prize for literature, Doris Lessing was time to try out many professions: from telephone operator to a journalist and a nurse. The writer has not received full secondary education, that did not stop her to continue to defend their civil position and become the author of really intelligent prose.
Ethel Voynich
Legendary writer Ethel Voynich, the author of the famous novel “the gadfly”, years worked as a governess in Russia, inspired by the stories about “this far and mysterious country.” Also a big part of his life the writer has dedicated music and remained in history not only as the author of the novels, but also as a composer
