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Bruce Chatwin

(1940 - 1989)

Bruce Chatwin reinvented British travel writing with his first book, In Patagonia, and followed it with four other books, each unique and extraordinary. He died in 1989.

Awards: James Tait Black (1982) see all

Novels

   The Viceroy of Ouidah (1980)
   On the Black Hill (1982)
   Utz (1988)

Non fiction show

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Bruce Chatwin recommends

Jigsaw (1989)
Sybille Bedford
"When the history of modern prose in English comes to be written, Mrs. Bedford will have to appear in any list of its most dazzling practitioners."

Awards

1982 James Tait Black Memorial Prize : On the Black Hill

Award nominations

1988 Booker Prize (shortlist) : Utz

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