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Peter Mayle

ピーター・メイル

Pītā Meiru

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1939-06-14 (Brighton, England)
Died
2018-01-18 (Aix-en-Provence, France) age 78
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Brighton, England → Barbados → London, England → New York City, USA → Devon, England → Luberon, France → Ménerbes, France → Amagansett, New York, USA → Vaugines, France

Career

Occupations
Advertising executive, Copywriter, Writer
Active Years
1957-2018

Awards

British Book Awards
1989
Work: A Year in Provence
Category: 旅行書部門
Organization: British Book Awards
Result: 受賞
British Book Awards
1992
Category: 年間最優秀作家
Organization: British Book Awards
Result: 受賞
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
2002
Category: 協力とフランコフォニー
Organization: French government
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Year in Provence

1989 Travel memoir

A bestselling memoir chronicling his first year as a British expatriate in the village of Ménerbes in Provence, France.

Provencal countryside lifeGastronomyWineExpat experiences
Adaptations
  • [TV series] A Year in Provence / 不明 (1993)
Translations
  • Translated into more than 20 languages

Bibliography

  • Where Did I Come From?
  • What's Happening to Me?
  • Will I Go to Heaven?
  • A Year in Provence
  • Toujours Provence
  • A Good Year
  • The Marseille Caper

Adaptations

  • A Year in Provence (BBC TV series)
  • A Good Year (film)

Translations of Works

  • Works translated into more than 20 languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Humorous styleAnecdotal narrativeLight-hearted travel writing
Recurring Motifs
Life in ProvenceFood and wineClash of British and French cultures

Legacy

Best known for his bestselling memoirs about life in Provence, which were adapted for TV and film; honored by the French government with the Legion of Honour.

In Popular Culture

  • His Wonderloaf ad slogan became a Tottenham Hotspur football chant 'Nice One Cyril'.

Trivia

  • Left school at 16 in Barbados and returned to England.
  • Landed his first ad job by writing to David Ogilvy.
  • Moved temporarily to the US to escape fans drawn to his Provence home.