Bruce Chatwin (1940–1989)
Author of The Songlines
About the Author
Works by Bruce Chatwin
Bad trips : de ergste reisverhalen van Bruce Chatwin, Martha Gellhorn, Reinhold Messner, Eric Newby, Redmond O'Hanlon (2000) 14 copies
Op reis met... — Contributor — 6 copies
Auf und davon nach Timbuktu 4 copies
Il volga - Sulle orme dello Yeti 3 copies
Chatwin Bruce 1 copy
Un colpo di Stato 1 copy
The Novels 1 copy
Porselen Delisi Utz 1 copy
O vice-rei de Ajud©Ł 1 copy
Drpor 1 copy
Süddeutsche Zeitung eBibliothek: Die Road Novels: Traumpfade / Apostoloff / Unterwegs nach Bagadag / Treibeis / Die… (2014) 1 copy
Co ja tu taj robię? 1 copy
Bruce Chatwin, der Wanderer 1 copy
[No title] 1 copy
Associated Works
The Company They Kept, Volume Two: Writers on Unforgettable Friendships (2011) — Contributor — 21 copies
On the Black Hill [1988 film] — Original book — 3 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Chatwin, Bruce
- Legal name
- Chatwin, Charles Bruce
- Birthdate
- 1940-05-13
- Date of death
- 1989-01-18
- Burial location
- ashes scattered near Kardamyli, Peloponnese, Greece
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- UK
- Birthplace
- Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
- Place of death
- Nice, France
- Cause of death
- a fungal infection, Talaromyces marneffei, It is now known as an AIDS-defining illness.
- Places of residence
- Birmingham, England, UK
London, England, UK - Education
- Marlborough College
University of Edinburgh (no degree) - Occupations
- art porter
journalist
travel writer
director, Sotheby's - Relationships
- Leigh Fermor, Patrick (friend)
Chanler, Elizabeth (spouse) - Organizations
- Sotheby's
The Sunday Times - Awards and honors
- E. M. Forster Award (1979)
- Short biography
- Bruce Chatwin was born in 1940 in the Shearwood Road nursing home in Sheffield, England, and his first home was his grandparents' house in Dronfield, near Sheffield. His mother, Margharita (née Turnell), had moved back to her parents' home when Chatwin's father, Charles Chatwin, went away to serve with the Royal Naval Reserve.
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Discussions
BRITISH AUTHOR CHALLENGE - SHEFFIELD in 75 Books Challenge for 2017 (June 2017)
Songlines, From the Notebooks in Le Salon Littéraire du Peuple pour le Peuple (March 2012)
Songlines, Chapters 16-30 in Le Salon Littéraire du Peuple pour le Peuple (March 2012)
Songlines, Chapters 1-15 in Le Salon Littéraire du Peuple pour le Peuple (March 2012)
Songlines, by Bruce Chatwin in Le Salon Littéraire du Peuple pour le Peuple (February 2012)
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Statistics
- Works
- 55
- Also by
- 13
- Members
- 13,134
- Popularity
- #1,776
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 276
- ISBNs
- 404
- Languages
- 22
- Favorited
- 55