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Bruce Chatwin
Sign in to saveAlso known as Charles Bruce Chatwin, C. Bruce Chatwin, Bruce Charles Chatwin
scrittore e viaggiatore britannico
Film & TV
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Charles Bruce Chatwin (13 May 1940 – 18 January 1989) was an English travel writer, novelist and journalist. His first book, "In Patagonia" (1977), established Chatwin as a travel writer, although he considered himself instead a storyteller, interested in bringing to light unusual tales. He won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel "On the Black Hill" (1982), while his novel "Utz"…
Known for
- Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin — Self (archive footage)2019
- In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin — Self (archive footage)1999
- Apostrophes — Self1975
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Key facts
- Born
- Charles Bruce Chatwin , ( 1940-05-13 ) 13 May 1940, Sheffield , West Riding of Yorkshire , England
- Died
- 18 January 1989 (1989-01-18) (aged 48), Nice , Alpes-Maritimes , France
- Resting place
- Agios Nikolaos, Messenia , Greece
- Occupation
- Novelist Travel writer Art and antiquities advisor
- Education
- Marlborough College
- Alma mater
- University of Edinburgh
- Period
- 1977–1989
- Genre
- Travel writing , fiction
- Subject
- Nomadism , slave trade
- Spouse
- Elizabeth Chanler ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 21 August 1965</span>"}]]}'>1965 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bruce
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Sheffield
- Place of death
- Nice
- Occupation
- traveler
- Educated at
- Marlborough College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Hawthornden Prize
- Field of work
- prose
- Genre
- travel book
- Image
- Bruce Chatwin 5.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1940-05-13
- date of death
- 1989-01-18
- nominated for
- Booker Prize
- influenced by
- Jorge Luis Borges
- manner of death
- natural causes
- end of work period
- 1989-00-00
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- medical condition
- HIV/AIDS
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Bruce Chatwin
- Commons Creator page
- Bruce Chatwin
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Charles Bruce Chatwin (Sheffield, 13 maggio 1940 – Nizza, 18 gennaio 1989) è stato uno scrittore e viaggiatore britannico, autore di racconti di viaggio e romanzi. Bruce Chatwin
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