Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915–2011)
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A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) Note that this author's surname is Leigh Fermor, first name is Patrick.
Séries
Œuvres de Patrick Leigh Fermor
In Tearing Haste: Letters between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor (2008) — Auteur — 338 exemplaires
Mani ; Roumeli 22 exemplaires
George Psychoundakis : a letter to C.A. Trypanis 1 exemplaire
Around the furthest capes 1 exemplaire
The secrets of Greece 1 exemplaire
The 11th Day 1 exemplaire
The Cornhill Magazine: Summer 1951 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
La Trilogie de Transylvanie : Tome1, Vos jours sont comptés (1934) — Avant-propos, quelques éditions — 608 exemplaires
Gigi ; Julie de Carneilhan ; Chance acquaintances (1945) — Traducteur, quelques éditions — 282 exemplaires
Chance acquaintances [and] Julie de Carneilhan (1940) — Traducteur, quelques éditions — 89 exemplaires
The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them (2015) — Contributeur — 82 exemplaires
The Rash Adventurer: A Life of John Pendlebury (2007) — Avant-propos, quelques éditions — 22 exemplaires
Penguins 60s Classics (Loose as the Wind; Now Remember; Florence Nightingale; Rumpole and the Younger Generation;… (1996) — Contributeur; Contributeur — 12 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Leigh Fermor, Patrick
- Nom légal
- Leigh Fermor, Sir Patrick Michael
- Autres noms
- Fermor, Paddy Leigh
- Date de naissance
- 1915-02-11
- Date de décès
- 2011-06-10
- Lieu de sépulture
- Dumbleton, Gloucestershire, England.
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Pays (pour la carte)
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- London, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Worcestershire, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Crete
Kardamyli, Mani, Greece
Worcestershire, England, UK - Études
- King's School, Canterbury, England, UK (expelled)
Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst - Professions
- army officer (WWII)
travel writer
author - Relations
- 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) (tout afficher 7)
Fielding, Daphne (friend) - Organisations
- Special Operations Executive (WWII)
British Army (WWII) - Prix et distinctions
- 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)
- Courte biographie
- 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."
- Notice de désambigüisation
- Note that this author's surname is Leigh Fermor, first name is Patrick.
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Found: Boy sent by father to walk to Istanbul over 3 years à Name that Book (Mars 2023)
Patrick Leigh Fermor, 1915-2011 à Folio Society Devotees (Octobre 2014)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 25
- Aussi par
- 19
- Membres
- 8,476
- Popularité
- #2,840
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 196
- ISBN
- 227
- Langues
- 13
- Favoris
- 52