Duff Cooper Prize
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Edition 4 (1959) Winner
Patrick Leigh Fermor
パトリック・リー・ファーモア
Patorikku Rī Fāmoa
Aliases:
Paddy Leigh Fermor / Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1915-02-11 （London）
- Died
- 2011-06-10 （Dumbleton） age 96
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English, Modern Greek, French, German, Latin
- Residence History
- London → Kardamyli (Mani Peninsula, Greece) → Gloucestershire
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Scholar, Soldier
- Active Years
- 1933-2011
- Memberships
- Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Influenced By
- Horace, Shakespeare
- Influenced
- Bruce Chatwin, Colin Thubron
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The King's School, Canterbury | — | General Education | — | 幼少期 | England |
The King's School, Canterbury
General Education
Period:
幼少期
Country:
England
Expelled
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Heinemann Foundation Prize | The Traveller's Tree | — | Heinemann Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1978 | WH Smith Literary Award | A Time of Gifts | — | WH Smith | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Knight Bachelor | — | — | British Monarchy | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Commander of the Order of the Phoenix | — | — | Greek Government | 受賞 |
Heinemann Foundation Prize
1950
Work:
The Traveller's Tree
Organization:
Heinemann Foundation
Result:
受賞
WH Smith Literary Award
1978
Work:
A Time of Gifts
Organization:
WH Smith
Result:
受賞
Knight Bachelor
2004
Organization:
British Monarchy
Result:
受賞
Commander of the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Organization:
Greek Government
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A Time of Gifts
1977 TravelAccount of his walk across Europe from 1933-1935.
EuropeAdventureCulture
Between the Woods and the Water
1986 TravelContinuation of his European walking journey.
DanubeCentral Europe
The Traveller's Tree
1950 TravelTravels in the Caribbean.
CaribbeanColonialism
Bibliography
- The Traveller's Tree (1950)
- The Violins of Saint-Jacques (1953)
- A Time to Keep Silence (1957)
- Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese (1958)
- Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece (1966)
- A Time of Gifts (1977)
- Between the Woods and the Water (1986)
- The Broken Road (2013)
- Abducting a General (2014)
Adaptations
- Ill Met by Moonlight (film)
Translations by Author
- The Cretan Runner (trans. George Psychoundakis)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Elegant proseRich vocabularyNarrative
- Recurring Motifs
- TravelMonasteriesGreek culture
Health
-
Cancer晩年Cause of death
-
Tunnel vision晩年Vision impairment
Legacy
Regarded as Britain's greatest living travel writer; hero of Cretan resistance.
Academic Societies
- Patrick Leigh Fermor Society
Archives
- National Library of Scotland (Patrick Leigh Fermor Archive)
In Popular Culture
- House featured in Before Midnight (film)
Trivia
- Walked across Europe at age 18
- Smoked 80-100 cigarettes a day
- Used the name Michael in Greek resistance