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Patrick Leigh Fermor

(1915–2011) Writer United Kingdom

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Patrick Leigh Fermor was a writer from the United Kingdom.

Quick Facts About Patrick Leigh Fermor

Born
February 11, 1915
Died
June 10, 2011
Nationality
United Kingdom
Profession
Writer
Notable works
A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople - From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube
Spouse
Joan Leigh Fermor

About Patrick Leigh Fermor

Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor was an English writer, scholar, soldier and polyglot. He played a prominent role in the Cretan resistance during the Second World War, and was widely seen as Britain's greatest living travel writer, on the basis of books such as A Time of Gifts (1977). A BBC journalist once termed him "a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham Greene".

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Distinguished Service Order Knight Bachelor Officer of the Order of the British Empire Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres Commander of the Order of the Phoenix Ptolémée Prize Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

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