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Charles Bruce Chatwin FRSL (13 May 1940 – 18 January 1989) was an English travel writer, novelist and journalist. His first book, In Patagonia (1977), established Chatwin as a travel writer, although he considered himself instead a storyteller, interested in bringing to light unusual tales.
Sep 7, 2017 · Bruce Chatwin: One of the Last Great Explorers - The New York Times. Forty years after the publication of his groundbreaking travelogue, ‘‘In Patagonia,’’ the author’s writing — and style — have...
Bruce Chatwin was a British writer who won international acclaim for books based on his nomadic life. In 1966 Chatwin abandoned a promising career as a director of Impressionist art at the auction firm Sotheby’s in London to study archaeology at the University of Edinburgh.
Charles Bruce Chatwin was an English novelist and travel writer. He won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel On the Black Hill (1982). In ...
May 12, 2014 · With his books In Patagonia and The Songlines, Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989) reinvented travel literature. Nicholas Shakespeare, his biographer, lifts the lid on a complex life and selects five books that influenced Chatwin's work. Interview by Alec Ash. Bruce Chatwin. by Nicholas Shakespeare. Read. 1 The Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron.
Dec 15, 1996 · LIFE AND LETTERS about late English writer Bruce Chatwin... He started work for Sotheby's in London, in 1958. His first job, that of a porter, was lowly, though not as beefy as the title suggests.
May 13, 2020 · And, if you have any memories or thoughts about the life and work of Bruce Chatwin, please leave them in the comments section below. For more travel writing interviews and resources, visit...
Examine the life, times, and work of Bruce Chatwin through detailed author biographies on eNotes.
Bruce Chatwin was born in Sheffield, England. His novel Utz was nominated for the 1988 Booker Prize. Between 1972 and 1975 he worked for the Sunday Times, before announcing his departure in a telegram: ‘Gone to Patagonia for six months.’
Charles Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989) was a successful British travel writer who became an early victim of the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s.
