Bruce Chatwin

Also known as Charles Bruce Chatwin, C. Bruce Chatwin, Bruce Charles Chatwin

English novelist (1940–1989)

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Born: 13 May 1940
Died: 18 January 1989
Works: 40

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Great American Families
Prentice Hall Literature -- Gold
Patagonia Revisited
Nowhere Is a Place
In Patagonia : The viceroy of Ouidah

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Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1949-09-23

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Charles Bruce Chatwin FRSL (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 (1988) was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2008 The Times ranked Chatwin as number 46 on their list of "50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945".

Chatwin was born in Sheffield. After completing his secondary education at Marlborough College, he went to work at the age of 18 at Sotheby's in London, where he gained an extensive knowledge of art and eventually ran the auction house's Antiquities and Impressionist Art departments. In 1966 he left Sotheby's to read archaeology at the University of Edinburgh, but he abandoned his studies after two years to pursue a career as a writer.