Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915–2011)
Autor von Die Zeit der Gaben: Zu Fuß nach Konstantinopel: Von Hoek van Holland an die mittlere Donau. Der Reise erster Teil
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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 mehr anzeigen 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) weniger anzeigen
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(eng) Note that this author's surname is Leigh Fermor, first name is Patrick.
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Die Zeit der Gaben: Zu Fuß nach Konstantinopel: Von Hoek van Holland an die mittlere Donau. Der Reise erster Teil (1977) 2,485 Exemplare, 56 Rezensionen
In Tearing Haste: Letters between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor (2008) — Autor — 344 Exemplare, 8 Rezensionen
Mani ; Roumeli 23 Exemplare
The secrets of Greece 1 Exemplar
The 11th Day 1 Exemplar
Μάνη 1 Exemplar
Around the furthest capes 1 Exemplar
The Cornhill Magazine: Summer 1951 1 Exemplar
Zugehörige Werke
Gigi / Julie de Carneilhan / Chance Acquaintances (1945) — Übersetzer, einige Ausgaben — 288 Exemplare, 4 Rezensionen
The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them (2015) — Mitwirkender — 87 Exemplare, 2 Rezensionen
Oxtravels: Meetings with Remarkable Travel Writers (2011) — Mitwirkender — 57 Exemplare, 3 Rezensionen
Penguins 60s Classics (Loose as the Wind; Now Remember; Florence Nightingale; Rumpole and the Younger Generation;… (1996) — Mitwirkender; Mitwirkender — 12 Exemplare
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Leigh Fermor, Patrick
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Leigh Fermor, Sir Patrick Michael
- Andere Namen
- Fermor, Paddy Leigh
- Geburtstag
- 1915-02-11
- Todestag
- 2011-06-10
- Begräbnisort
- Dumbleton, Gloucestershire, England
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- England
- Land (für Karte)
- UK
- Geburtsort
- London, England, UK
- Sterbeort
- Worcestershire, England, UK
- Wohnorte
- Kreta, Griechenland
Mani, Griechenland
Worcestershire, England, UK - Ausbildung
- King's School, Canterbury, England, UK (verwiesen)
Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst - Berufe
- Offizier (2. Weltkrieg)
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Autor - Beziehungen
- Fermor, Lewis Leigh (Vater)
Chatwin, Bruce (Freund)
Moss, W. Stanley (Offizierskamerad)
Fielding, Xan (Offizierskamerad, Freund)
Eyres Monsell, Joan (Gattin)
Hayden, Sir Henry Hubert (Pate) (Zeige alle 7)
Fielding, Daphne (Freund) - Organisationen
- Special Operations Executive (WWII)
British Army (WWII) - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- 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)
- Kurzbiographie
- 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."
- Hinweis zur Identitätsklärung
- Note that this author's surname is Leigh Fermor, first name is Patrick.
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