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Xan Fielding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (207 words) |
 | Xan Fielding, born Alexander Wallace Fielding (26 November 1918 - 19 August 1991), was a British writer and translator. |
| A British SOE (Special Operations Executive) agent in World War II, Fielding was captured in France by the Gestapo together with Francis Cammaerts and a third Allied officer while travelling from Apt to Seyes. |
| Fielding later married "Magouche," widow of Armenian artist Arshile Gorky. |
| Well Met By Sunlight (1577 words) |
| Xan agreed to take Salote [one of their dogs] with him, leaving me to follow with Sunflower [the other dog] as soon as I had arranged with a newspaper to write a series of articles on the making of the film, which would give me a valid reason for joining the unit. |
| Xan wrote to me a few days later from Nice to say that in spite of the urgency of his summons there was no sign of Michael Powell or of any film unit in the vicinity. |
| Whether this was meant as a compliment or not, from then on Xan was referred to on the set as F.L.K. [At the conclusion of the film, the Fieldings drove with Dirk to Paris to catch a flight and en route stayed in the Hermitage in Digne "one of Dirk's favourite hotels in France."] |
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