Gerald Durrell (1925–1995)
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Gerald Durrell was born on January 7, 1925 in Jamshedpur, India to British parents. After the death of his father in 1928, the family lived in England and Europe before settling in Corfu, where he spent much of his childhood. Educated by private tutors, he became interested in natural history and visa mer amassed a private collection of dozens of creatures from scorpions to owls. He went on numerous wildlife expeditions and founded the Jersey Zoological Park and the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust with the purpose of breeding endangered species. His first book, The Overloaded Ark, was published in 1953. He wrote 37 books during his lifetime including My Family and Other Animals, The Bafut Beagles, A Zoo in My Luggage, Rosy Is My Relative, and The Mockery Bird. He received the Order of the British Empire in 1982 and was featured in the United Nations' Roll of Honor for Environmental Achievement in 1988. He died from complications related to a liver transplant on January 30, 1995 at the age of 70. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Serier
Verk av Gerald Durrell
Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons: A Journey to the Flora and Fauna of a Unique Island (1977) 376 exemplar
Dog Stories by James Herriot, Rudyard Kipling, Gerald Durell and others (1900) — Bidragsgivare — 14 exemplar
Stories from a Corfu Childhood: A Selection of His Own Stories Written and Read by Gerald Durrell (2013) 6 exemplar
Three Singles to Adventure | Two in the Bush 3 exemplar
סנדל וכל השאר 2 exemplar
Korfu-trilg̤ia : Csald̀om š egyb̌ l̀latfajtk̀ : Madarak, vadak, rokonok : Istenek kertje (2021) 2 exemplar
The Entrance [short story] 2 exemplar
The Overloaded Ark | Three Singles to Adventure | The Bafut Beagles | My Family and Other Animals | The Drunken Forest (2004) 2 exemplar
Catch me a columbus 1 exemplar
Encounters with Animals | My Family and Other Animals | Birds, Beasts, and Relatives (2001) 1 exemplar
משוגע על חיות 1 exemplar
Saskarsme ar dzīvniekiem 1 exemplar
Durrell Gerald 1 exemplar
Complete Novels 1 exemplar
Gerald Durrell, Seven Novels (Omnibus) 1 exemplar
Durrell Boxed Set: Birds, Beasts and Relatives; Two in the Bush; Rosy is My Relative; Beasts in My Bed (1971) 1 exemplar
Search for a Zoo 1 exemplar
Odham's Condensed Books: Second Series 1 exemplar
Dierentuin op apegapen 1 exemplar
Ostrov v nebezpečí 1 exemplar
The Adventure Library 1 exemplar
Zapiski ze zwierzyńca 1 exemplar
גונבי החמורים 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
My Family and Other Animals [2005 film] — Based on the book by — 14 exemplar
Great Animal Stories: If Only They Could Talk, Ring of Bright Water, A Cat in the Window, Elephant Bill, Encounters… (1960) — Bidragsgivare — 11 exemplar
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: In This House of Brede • The Durrells in Corfu • The Black Camels of Qashran • A… (1970) 5 exemplar
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 186 : Die Eisfalle. Das späte Geständnis. Das Fest der Tiere. Freiheit auf Bewährung (1992) 4 exemplar
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Longshot • Snare of Serpents • The Himmler Equation • The Ark's Anniversary — Författare — 2 exemplar
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Whispering Land / The Tuntsa / The Judas Tree / Fate is the Hunter / Evil Come,… (1961) — Bidragsgivare — 2 exemplar
MAR DE HIERBA. CHACAL. MUJER SOLITARIA. LOS DURRELL EN CORFU (Biblioteca De Selecciones)1972 (1972) — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
Fire and the Hammer, Barabbas, Helen Gould Was My Mother in Law, the Glass of Fashion, the Overloaded Ark, Washington… (1954) — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Durrell, Gerald Malcolm
- Födelsedag
- 1925-01-07
- Avled
- 1995-01-30
- Begravningsplats
- Jersey Zoo
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Land (för karta)
- England, UK
- Födelseort
- Jamshedpur, India
- Dödsort
- St Helier, Jersey, Bailiwick of Jersey
- Dödsorsak
- sepsis
- Bostadsorter
- Jamshedpur, Bihar, India
- Utbildning
- Wickwood School
- Yrken
- naturalist
author
conservationist
zookeeper - Relationer
- Durrell, Lawrence (brother)
Durrell, Margaret (sister)
Durrell, Jacquie (wife)
Durrell, Lee (2nd wife) - Organisationer
- Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Jersey Zoo, now renamed Durrell Wildlife - Priser och utmärkelser
- Order of the British Empire (Officer)
- Kort biografi
- Gerald Durrell was born in India in 1925. His family settled on Corfu when Durrell was a boy and he spent his time studying its wildlife. He relates these experiences in the trilogy beginning with My Family and Other Animals, and continuing with Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods. In his books he writes with wry humour and great perception about both the humans and the animals he meets.
On leaving Corfu he returned to England to work on the staff of Whipsnade Park as a student keeper. His adventures there are told with characteristic energy in Beasts in My Belfry. A few years later, Durrell began organising his own animal-collecting expeditions. The first, to the Cameroons, was followed by expeditions to Paraguay, Argentina and Sierra Leone. He recounts these experiences in a number of books, including The Drunken Forest. Durrell also visited many countries while shooting various television series, including An Amateur Naturalist.
In 1958 Gerald Durrell realised a lifelong dream when he set up the Jersey Zoological Park, followed a few years later by the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust.
Rosy is My Relative, his first novel, was published in 1968. Whether in a factual account of an expedition or a work of non-fiction, Gerald Durrell's style is exuberant, passionate and acutely observed. Gerald Durrell died in 1995.
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Diskussioner
Folio Archives 312: My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell 2006 i Folio Society Devotees (mars 2023)
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Statistik
- Verk
- 107
- Även av
- 32
- Medlemmar
- 19,400
- Popularitet
- #1,124
- Betyg
- 4.0
- Recensioner
- 391
- ISBN
- 998
- Språk
- 30
- Favoritmärkt
- 105
It seems that Durrell has lost his sense of humour, or it may be that I have lost mine. I skimmed the last couple of chapters, in a race to be finished this book. That's never happened before.
It was nice to have some of the book set in Canada. Also pleasant was getting to know Durrell's young wife, Lee. I also learned this week that I've been pronouncing DIurrell's name for years. On an appearance on Dame Edna Everage's show (RIP Barry Humphries), we discover that instead of Durr-ELL, as I've been saying it, it's DURR-ell.
Not a hit. Will probably keep the book to add to my collection of Durrell's books.… (mer)