Bruce Chatwin
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Charles Bruce Chatwin was an English travel writer, novelist and journalist. His first book, In Patagonia, established Chatwin as a travel writer, although he considered himself instead a storyteller,
Chatwin, photographed by Lord Snowdon, in 1982
The southern part of the Grwyne Fechan valley in the Black Mountains, Welsh Borders
On the Black Hill
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On the Black Hill is a novel by Bruce Chatwin published in 1982 and winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for that year. In 1987 it was made into a film, directed by Andrew Grieve.
Bruce Chatwin
…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 (1988) was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2008 The Times ranked Chatwin as number 46 on their list of "50 Greatest…
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The summit of the Black Mountain crossed by the Offa's Dyke Path