Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915–2011)
Author of A Time of Gifts
About the Author
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 show more 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) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Note that this author's surname is Leigh Fermor, first name is Patrick.
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Works by Patrick Leigh Fermor
In Tearing Haste: Letters between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor (2008) — Author — 335 copies
Mani ; Roumeli 22 copies
Around the furthest capes 1 copy
The secrets of Greece 1 copy
The 11th Day 1 copy
Associated Works
The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them (2015) — Contributor — 82 copies
Penguins 60s Classics (Loose as the Wind; Now Remember; Florence Nightingale; Rumpole and the Younger Generation;… (1996) — Contributor; Contributor — 12 copies
Forever Ulysses — Translator, some editions — 11 copies
Ghika: Peintures, Dessins, Sculptures — Translator, some editions — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Leigh Fermor, Patrick
- Legal name
- Leigh Fermor, Sir Patrick Michael
- Other names
- Fermor, Paddy Leigh
- Birthdate
- 1915-02-11
- Date of death
- 2011-06-10
- Burial location
- Dumbleton, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- UK
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Place of death
- Worcestershire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Crete
Kardamyli, Mani, Greece
Worcestershire, England, UK - Education
- King's School, Canterbury, England, UK (expelled)
Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst - Occupations
- army officer (WWII)
travel writer
author - Relationships
- 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) (show all 7)
Fielding, Daphne (friend) - Organizations
- Special Operations Executive (WWII)
British Army (WWII) - Awards and 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)
- Short biography
- 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."
- Disambiguation notice
- 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 in Name that Book (March 2023)
Patrick Leigh Fermor, 1915-2011 in Folio Society Devotees (October 2014)
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