Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915–2011)
Autor/a de A Time of Gifts
Sobre l'autor
Patrick Leigh Fermor was born in London, England on February 11, 1915. During World War II, he was the architect of the kidnapping of the commander of the German garrison on Crete. He wrote several books including A Time of Gifts, Between the Woods and the Water, The Traveller's Tree, The Violins mostra'n més of Saint-Jacques, Mani, and Roumeli. He was also a translator. He received a military OBE in 1943. He died on June 10, 2011 at the age of 96. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Nota de desambiguació:
(eng) Note that this author's surname is Leigh Fermor, first name is Patrick.
Sèrie
Obres de Patrick Leigh Fermor
In Tearing Haste: Letters between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor (2008) — Autor — 332 exemplars
Mani ; Roumeli 21 exemplars
The Cornhill Magazine: Summer 1951 1 exemplars
George Psychoundakis : a letter to C.A. Trypanis 1 exemplars
The 11th Day 1 exemplars
The secrets of Greece 1 exemplars
Around the furthest capes 1 exemplars
The Violins of Saint-Jaques 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Ill Met by Moonlight : The Abduction of General Kreipe (1950) — Epíleg, algunes edicions — 479 exemplars
Gigi / Julie de Carneilhan / Chance Acquaintances (1945) — Traductor, algunes edicions — 271 exemplars
The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them (2015) — Col·laborador — 80 exemplars
Penguins 60s Classics (Loose as the Wind; Now Remember; Florence Nightingale; Rumpole and the Younger Generation;… (1996) — Col·laborador; Col·laborador — 12 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Leigh Fermor, Patrick
- Nom oficial
- Leigh Fermor, Sir Patrick Michael
- Altres noms
- Fermor, Paddy Leigh
- Data de naixement
- 1915-02-11
- Data de defunció
- 2011-06-10
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Dumbleton, Gloucestershire, England.
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- País (per posar en el mapa)
- UK
- Lloc de naixement
- London, England, UK
- Lloc de defunció
- Worcestershire, England, UK
- Llocs de residència
- Crete
Kardamyli, Mani, Greece
Worcestershire, England, UK - Educació
- King's School, Canterbury, England, UK (expelled)
Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst - Professions
- army officer (WWII)
travel writer
author - Relacions
- Fermor, Lewis Leigh (father)
Chatwin, Bruce (friend)
Moss, W. Stanley (fellow officer)
Fielding, Xan (fellow officer, friend)
Eyres Monsell, Joan (spouse)
Hayden, Sir Henry Hubert (godfather) (mostra-les totes 7)
Fielding, Daphne (friend) - Organitzacions
- Special Operations Executive (WWII)
British Army (WWII) - Premis i honors
- Distinguished Service Order
Order of the Phoenix, Greece (Commander)
Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Bachelor (2004)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature - Agent
- Jock Murray (John Murray)
- Biografia breu
- Patrick Leigh Fermor was one of the world's great travellers and travel writers. He was also a courageous officer in the British Special Operations Executive in World War II. The BBC once described him as "a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond, and Graham Greene."
- Nota de desambiguació
- Note that this author's surname is Leigh Fermor, first name is Patrick.
Membres
Converses
Found: Boy sent by father to walk to Istanbul over 3 years a Name that Book (març 7)
Patrick Leigh Fermor, 1915-2011 a Folio Society Devotees (octubre 2014)
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 29
- També de
- 19
- Membres
- 8,237
- Popularitat
- #2,935
- Valoració
- 4.0
- Ressenyes
- 192
- ISBN
- 226
- Llengües
- 13
- Preferit
- 52