Patrick Leigh Fermor

Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor, known as 'Paddy', (born 11 February 1915, London) is a British author, scholar and soldier, who played a prominent role behind the lines in the Battle of Crete during World War II. He is famous in the genre of travel literature.

Post war

In 1950, Leigh Fermor's first book, The Traveller's Tree was published about his post-war travels in the Caribbean. The book won the Heinemann Foundation Prize for Literature and firmly placed him on the map. He went on to write several further books of his journeys, including Mani and Roumeli of his travels on mule and foot around remote parts of Greece. Many critics and discerning readers regard his 1977 A Time of Gifts as one the very greatest travel books in the English language. He also wrote a novel, The Violins of Saint-Jacques, which was turned into an opera by Malcolm Williamson.

Related Topics:
Caribbean - Malcolm Williamson

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