Wilfred Thesiger
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger DSO (3 de junho, 1910 – 24 de agosto, 2003) foi um explorador britânico nascido em Addis Ababa, capital da Etiópia.
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| Nascimento | 3 de junho de 1910 Adis Abeba |
| Morte | 24 de agosto de 2003 (93 anos) Londres |
| Cidadania | Reino Unido |
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| Irmão(ã)(s) | Dermot Vigors Thesiger, Roderic Miles Doughty Thesiger, Brian Peirson Doughty-Wylie |
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| Ocupação | explorador, diplomata, escritor, historiador, militar, fotógrafo, viajante |
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Prêmios
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE 1968
- Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, DSO 1941
- Master of Arts, MA, Oxon
- Third Class Star of Ethiopia 1930
- Founder's Medal, Royal Geographical Society, RGS 1948
- Lawrence of Arabia Medal, Royal Central Asian Society, RCAS 1955
- Livingstone Medal, Royal Scottish Geographical Society, RSGS 1962
- W.H.Heinemann Award 1964
- Royal Society of Literature, RSL 1965
- Burton Memorial Medal, Royal Asiatic Society, RAS 1966
- Honorary Dlitt Leicester 1967
- Fellow Royal Society of Literature, FRSL 1982
- Honorary Fellow British Academy, FBA 1982;
Livros
- Arabian Sands (1959) travel writing classic, reissued in several editions
- Currently available edition:
- Paperback reissue April 1985 by Penguin; ISBN 0-14-009514-4
- Out of print editions
- Hardcover reissue 1960 Readers Union (January 1, 1960) 270 pp; ASIN B0007J3E16
- Paperback reissue 1981 Viking Press (February 1981); ISBN 0-14-002125-6
- Hardcover reissue 1983 by Fairmount Books Ltd Remainders (September 30, 1983); ISBN 0-00-217005-1
- Hardcover reissue 1983 by Viking Adult (April 19, 1984). 347 pp. ISBN 0-670-13005-2
- Paperback reissue 1984 by Penguin; ISBN 0-14-009514-4
- Hardcover reissue 1998 by Motivate Publishing Ltd; ISBN 1-873544-75-8
- Currently available edition:
- The Marsh Arabs (1964):
- Penguin Classics; Reissue edition (25 October 2007); # ISBN 0141442085, # ISBN 978-0141442082
- Out of print editions
- Paperback reissue 1983 (out of print) — Gardners Books (April 30, 1983); ISBN 0-14-009512-8
- Hardover reissue 1985 (out of print) — Harpercollins Pub Ltd (May 31, 1985); ISBN 0-00-217068-X
- The Last Nomad (1979) — out of print in all editions.
- Out of print editions
- American hardcover reissue 1980 (out of print) — William Collins Sons & Co.; ISBN 0-525-93077-9
- Out of print editions
- The Life of My Choice (1987) — out of print in all editions; described as a remarkable biography
- Out of print editions
- British edition Collins (1987); ISBN 0-00-216194-X;
- American hardcover edition W.W. Norton (January 1988) 459 pp; ISBN 0-393-02513-6;
- American paperback edition Harpercollins Pub Ltd (March 31, 1993). ISBN 0-00-637267-8
- Out of print editions
- My Kenya Days Harper Collins, London, 1994; ISBN 0-00-255268-X
- The Danakil Diary: Journeys through Abyssinia, 1930-4 Hammersmith, 1996, ISBN 0-00-638775-6 His account of exploring the Awash valley, and encounters with the Afar people.
- Among the Mountains: Travels Through Asia Harper Collins, (1998); ISBN 0-00-255898-X. This account presents edited portions of journal entries written during trips to remote mountain areas of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Kurdistan between 1952 and 1965, as well as numerous black-and-white photographs that he took at the time. There is little detail (nor current travel information) since the book is based on his diary entries. For a better account, read The Life of My Choice.
- Crossing the Sands Motivate Pub Ltd (January 2000) 176 pp; ISBN 1-86063-028-6. About his journeys in the Empty Quarter and the Arabian Peninula during the late forties, with photographs, but apparently more than a coffee table book.
- My Life and Travels (anthology)
- Available editions
- Hardcover edition Harper Collins (October 21 2002) 352 pp. ISBN 0-00-257151-X
- Hardcover reissue by Flamingo (October 6, 2003) 320 pp; ISBN 0-00-655212-9
- Available editions
- A Vanished World — in print
- Available editions
- First American hardcover edition 2001 W.W. Norton (September 17, 2001) 192 pp; ISBN 0-00-710837-0
- American hardcover edition 2002 W.W. Norton (April 2002) 189 pp, possibly the same as above, collection of photographs; ISBN 0-393-05086-6
- Available editions
Referências
- Michael Asher. Thesiger; ISBN 0-14-014749-7
- Alexander Maitland. Thesiger: A Life in Pictures; ISBN 1-86063-165-7
- Alexander Maitland, Wilfred Thesiger: The Life of the Great Explorer (Harperpress, February 20, 2006) 544 pp.
Ligações externas
- Collection of Thesiger's photography in Pitt Rivers Museum
- Daily Telegraph obituary
- Review of maitland's official biography discusses various aspects of the explorer's life and characters.
- The Guardian obituary (27 August 2003) with links to an earlier profile (29 June 2002) and to extracts from his books and reviews.
- BBC obituary (26 August 2003) contains errors such as Wilfred being the youngest son, which he was not.
- Profile by Robin Hanbury-Tenison founder of Survival International (an NGO promoting the welfare of tribal/ indigenous people worldwide)
- Eric Newby's recollections of Thesiger
- Frank Gardner (journalist), the BBC's Security Correspondent, recalls personal memories of the great explorer including inspiring Gardner to learn Arabic.
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