Gerald Durrell (1925–1995)
Autor de Mi Familia y Otros Animales
Sobre El Autor
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 mostrar más 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) mostrar menos
Series
Obras de Gerald Durrell
Tres billetes hacia la aventura / Three tickets to adventure (El Libro De Bolsillo-Bibliotecas De Autor-Biblioteca… (1954) 452 copias
Dog Stories by James Herriot, Rudyard Kipling, Gerald Durell and others (1900) — Contribuidor — 14 copias
Stories from a Corfu Childhood: A Selection of His Own Stories Written and Read by Gerald Durrell (2013) 6 copias
Korfu-trilg̤ia : Csald̀om š egyb̌ l̀latfajtk̀ : Madarak, vadak, rokonok : Istenek kertje (2021) 2 copias
סנדל וכל השאר 2 copias
The Overloaded Ark | Three Singles to Adventure | The Bafut Beagles | My Family and Other Animals | The Drunken Forest (2004) 2 copias
The Entrance [short story] 2 copias
Guida del naturalista 1 copia
Catch me a columbus 1 copia
Saskarsme ar dzīvniekiem 1 copia
משוגע על חיות 1 copia
Search for a Zoo 1 copia
Complete Novels 1 copia
Durrell Gerald 1 copia
Durrell Boxed Set: Birds, Beasts and Relatives; Two in the Bush; Rosy is My Relative; Beasts in My Bed (1971) 1 copia
Dierentuin op apegapen 1 copia
Ostrov v nebezpečí 1 copia
The Adventure Library 1 copia
Zapiski ze zwierzyńca 1 copia
גונבי החמורים 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
My Family and Other Animals [2005 film] — Based on the book by — 13 copias
Great Animal Stories: If Only They Could Talk, Ring of Bright Water, A Cat in the Window, Elephant Bill, Encounters… (1960) — Contribuidor — 11 copias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: In This House of Brede • The Durrells in Corfu • The Black Camels of Qashran • A… (1970) 5 copias
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 186 : Die Eisfalle. Das späte Geständnis. Das Fest der Tiere. Freiheit auf Bewährung (1992) 4 copias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Longshot • Snare of Serpents • The Himmler Equation • The Ark's Anniversary — Autor — 2 copias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Whispering Land / The Tuntsa / The Judas Tree / Fate is the Hunter / Evil Come,… (1961) — Contribuidor — 2 copias
MAR DE HIERBA. CHACAL. MUJER SOLITARIA. LOS DURRELL EN CORFU (Biblioteca De Selecciones)1972 (1972) — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Fire and the Hammer, Barabbas, Helen Gould Was My Mother in Law, the Glass of Fashion, the Overloaded Ark, Washington… (1954) — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Durrell, Gerald Malcolm
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1925-01-07
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1995-01-30
- Lugar de sepultura
- Jersey Zoo
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- País (para mapa)
- England, UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Jamshedpur, India
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- St Helier, Jersey, Bailiwick of Jersey
- Causa de fallecimiento
- sepsis
- Lugares de residencia
- Jamshedpur, Bihar, India
- Educación
- Wickwood School
- Ocupaciones
- naturalist
author
conservationist
zookeeper - Relaciones
- Durrell, Lawrence (brother)
Durrell, Margaret (sister)
Durrell, Jacquie (wife)
Durrell, Lee (2nd wife) - Organizaciones
- Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Jersey Zoo, now renamed Durrell Wildlife - Premios y honores
- Order of the British Empire (Officer)
- Biografía breve
- 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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Folio Archives 312: My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell 2006 en Folio Society Devotees (marzo 2023)
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