Eric Newby CBE MC (born December 6, 1919 - October 20, 2006)^[1] was an English author of travel literature, regarded by many as one of the finest British travel writers of the 20th century. Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are... Military Cross The Military Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army, and formerly also to officers of the armies of other Commonwealth countries, for distinguished and meritorious services in battle. ... December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The English are an ethnic group or nation primarily associated with England and the English language. ... Travel literature is literature which records the people, events, sights and feelings of an author who is touring a foreign place for the sake and pleasure of travel. ... Travel writing is a literary genre related to the essay and to the guidebook. ...

Newby was born and grew up at Hammersmith Bridge, London, and was educated at St Paul's School. After leaving school he worked for two years at The Dorland advertising agency until 1938, when he apprenticed aboard the Finnish grain ship Moshulu and sailed in the last Grain Race from Australia to Europe by way of Cape Horn. This voyage was subsequently described in The Last Grain Race and pictorially documented in Learning the Ropes. St Pauls School St Pauls School is a boys public school. ... Boat docked in Penns Landing PHiladelphia seen in Movies such as Rocky and The Godfather Part II. It is currenly a Resurant ...

He served in the Black Watch and the Special Boat Section during World War Two, and was captured during an operation against the coast of Italy. He was later awarded the MC for his part in the raid. From 1942 until 1945 he was held prisoner of war near Parma, Italy. During a brief escape, he was hidden by a Slovenian family, meeting Wanda, who later married him and became a companion on his travels. These experiences were described in his memoir Love and War in the Apennines. A film, In Love and War, was made in 2001 based on the book, starring Callum Blue as Newby. The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. ... The Special Boat Service (SBS) is the British Royal Navys and Royal Marines’ Special Forces unit. ... Combatants Allied Powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Axis Powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead... Military Cross The Military Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army, and formerly also to officers of the armies of other Commonwealth countries, for distinguished and meritorious services in battle. ...

After the war, he briefly worked in the women's fashion business, before setting out to climb Mir Samir in the Nuristan Mountains of Afghanistan, an expedition later chronicled in A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush - probably his most widely-known work, and including an appearance by Wilfred Thesiger. From 1963 to 1973, Newby was Travel Editor for The Observer newspaper. Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger KBE, DSO (3 June 1910 – August 24, 2003) was a British explorer and travel writer born in Addis Ababa in Abyssinia (now Ethiopia). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Newby's best known works include A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, The Last Grain Race, and Round Ireland in Low Gear. He was awarded a CBE in 1994 and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the British Guild of Travel Writers in 2001. Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are...

Newby's life and work was profiled in ITV's 'The South Bank Show' (director Tony Knox) in 1994. He also made notable travel films for the BBC, returning to Parma with his wife Wanda in 'The Travel Show' (director Paul Coueslant, 1994) and visiting one of his favourite cities, Istanbul (1996). The South Bank Show is a British television arts magazine show, presented by Melvyn Bragg and seen in over 60 countries — including Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Sweden and the USA. Its stated aim is to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest public broadcasting corporation in the world. ...

Selected bibliography

• The Last Grain Race (1956)
• A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (1958)
• Something Wholesale (1962)
• Slowly Down the Ganges (1966)
• Time off in Southern Italy: The Observer Guide to Resorts and Hotels (ed.) (1966)
• My Favorite Stories of Travel (ed.) (1967)
• Grain Race: Pictures of Life before the Mast in a Windjammer (1968)
• Wonders of Britain: A Personal Choice of 480 with Diana Petry (1968)
• Wonders of Ireland: A Personal Choice of 484 with Diana Petry (1969)
• Love and War in the Apennines (1971)
• The Mitchell Beazley World Atlas of Exploration (1975)
• Great Ascents: A Narrative History of Mountaineering (1977)
• The Big Red Train Ride (1978)
• A Traveller's Life (1982)
• On the Shores of the Mediterranean (1984)
• A Book of Travellers' Tales (ed.) (1985)
• Round Ireland in Low Gear (1987)
• What the Traveller Saw (1989)
• A Small Place in Italy (1994)
• A Merry Dance Around the World: The Best of Eric Newby (1995)
• Learning the Ropes: An Apprentice in the Last of the Windjammers (1999)
• Departures and Arrivals (1999)

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References

1. ^ BBC News Travel writer Newby dies aged 86 22 October 2006

• Cocker, Mark, Loneliness and Time: British Travel Writing in the Twentieth Century, London: Secker and Warburg, and New York: Pantheon, 1992
• Newby, Wanda, Peace and War: Growing up in Fascist Italy, London: Collins, 1991
• Robb, Kenneth A. and Harender Vasudeva, "Eric Newby" in British Travel Writers, 1940[-]1997, Dictionary of Literary Biography, volume 204, edited by Barbara Brothers and Julia M. Gergits, Detroit: Gale, 1999: 223-34
• Thesiger, Wilfred, Desert, Marsh and Mountain: The World of a Nomad, London: Collins, 1979; as The Last Nomad, New York: Dutton, 1980

External links

• The Guardian obituary (Edward Mace George) Eric Newby: Idiosyncratic travel writer from another age, and author of the classic A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
• The Times obituary Eric Newby
• Meeting Eric Newby [1]