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Peter Mayle (1939–2018)

Autor de Un año en Provenza

66+ Obras 19,168 Miembros 362 Reseñas 47 Preferidas

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Peter Mayle was born in Brighton, England on June 14, 1939. He began his career in advertising as a copywriter and rose to the executive ranks, but left advertising in 1975 to write educational books, including a series on sex education for children and young adults. His educational books including mostrar más Where Did I Come From? and What's Happening to Me? His travel memoir, A Year in Provence, received the British Book Awards' Best Travel Book of the Year in 1990 and was adapted into a television mini-series. His other nonfiction books included Toujours Provence, Encore Provence, Provence A-Z, and French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork and Corkscrew. His fiction books included The Marseille Caper, The Corsican Caper, and A Good Year, which was adapted into a 2006 film of the same name starring Russell Crowe and Marion Cotillard. Mayle died on January 18, 2018 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Series

Obras de Peter Mayle

Un año en Provenza (1990) 5,523 copias
Vivir en Provenza (1991) 2,361 copias
Encore Provence (1999) 1,344 copias
A Good Year (2004) 1,161 copias
Hotel Pastis (1993) 1,156 copias
Chasing Cézanne (1997) 910 copias
Anything Considered (1996) 748 copias
A Dog's Life (1995) 747 copias
The Vintage Caper (2009) 660 copias
Acquired Tastes (1993) 597 copias
The Marseille Caper (2012) 340 copias
Provence A-Z (2006) 242 copias
The Corsican Caper (2014) 187 copias
The Diamond Caper (2015) 114 copias
Gustos de rico (1991) 69 copias
Provence from the Air (1994) 54 copias
Man's Best Friend (1984) 53 copias
The Provence Trilogy (1999) 45 copias
How To Be A Pregnant Father (1977) 40 copias
Provence (paintings) (1993) 21 copias
Baby Taming (1978) 20 copias
Sweet Dreams and Monsters (1986) 18 copias
Will I Go To Heaven? (1976) 10 copias
Postcards from Summer (1996) 6 copias
O Melhor Amigo do Homem (1998) 2 copias
Chi ha rubato Cesanne? (1998) 1 copia
2004 1 copia
Alt har interesse — Autor — 1 copia
Der er ingen ende på Provence — Autor — 1 copia
3x Provence (2015) 1 copia
Willie's Away (1988) 1 copia
The Honeymoon Book (1983) 1 copia

Obras relacionadas

A Good Year (Widescreen Edition) (2006) — Original book — 116 copias
Travelers' Tales PROVENCE : True Stories (2003) — Contribuidor — 29 copias

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Nombre canónico
Mayle, Peter
Fecha de nacimiento
1939-06-14
Fecha de fallecimiento
2018-01-18
Género
male
Nacionalidad
UK
Lugar de nacimiento
Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
Lugar de fallecimiento
Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Lugares de residencia
Lourmarin, Provence, France
Barbados
The Hamptons, New York, USA
Vaugines, Provence, France
London, England, UK
Ménerbes, Vaucluse, France
Educación
Brighton College
Ocupaciones
advertising copywriter
non-fiction author
memoirist
novelist
travel writer
educational writer
Organizaciones
Papert Koenig, Londres, New York (Publicitaire, Directeur créatif, | 19 74)
Ogilvy and Mather, New York (Publicitaire, 19 61)
Shell Oil, Londres (Publiciatire, 1957)
Premios y honores
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (2002)
Biografía breve
Peter Mayle was born in Brighton, England. Following World War II, the family moved to Barbados, where his father served as an employee of the British Colonial Office. Mayle returned to England after leaving school at age 16. His first job in 1957 was as a trainee at Shell Oil's London office. He was more interested in advertising than oil, however, and by 1961 had became a copywriter at Shell's ad agency, Ogilvy & Mather, in New York City. Subsequently, he was hired by Papert Koenig Lois and returned to London to head up the creative team there. When the company had financial troubles in the mid-1960s, Mayle and a colleague bought the London operation. They developed the business and after five years, it was bought by BBDO. He then commuted between the USA and the UK as creative director. By 1974, Mayle had tired of advertising and transatlantic commuting, and quit to write full-time. He started off by writing educational books, including a series on sex education for children and young people. He also wrote, with illustrator Gray Jolliffe, a series of humorous books about the character Wicked Willie. His most significant career move probably was the decision to relocate to Ménerbes, a village in the Luberon region of southern France, in the late 1980s. There his plans to write a novel were overtaken by the events of life as an expatriate in his new environment. They provided the material for his 1989 book A Year in Provence, an international bestseller that became a media phenomenon. Many more books followed, which were translated in more than 20 languages. Mayle also wrote articles for magazines and newspapers. A Year in Provence was adapted into a highly popular British television series in 1993. Mayle had to move to Amagansett on Long Island, New York, to get away from the thousands of fans and sightseers who showed up at his home in Provence. He later returned to France and a home in Vaugines, also in the Luberon.  The French government awarded him the Legion of Honor in 2002, for "coopération et francophonie."
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Este libro describe, mes a mes, las delicias y frustraciones que el autor y su esposa experimentaron durante su primer año de estancia en la remota comarca de Luberón, mientras acondicionaban una casa de campo de doscientos años de antigüedad. El autor logra comunicarnos todos los placeres terrenales de la vida provenzal y permite que nos emocionemos con su ritmo.
 
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Natt90 | 110 reseñas más. | Dec 8, 2022 |
Este libro describe, mes a mes, las delicias y frustraciones que el autor y su esposa experimentaron durante su primer año de estancia en la remota comarca de Lubéron, mientras acondicionaban una casa de campo de doscientos años de antigüedad. El autor logra comunicarnos todos los placeres terrenales de la vida provenzal y permite que nos emocionemos con su ritmo
 
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juan1961 | 110 reseñas más. | Apr 23, 2018 |
Publicado por primera vez en 1975, ¿De dónde venimos? fue el primer libro divulgativo sobre educación sexual que se editó en España. Más de 35 años después, la recuperación de este clásico, que ha educado a varias generaciones de lectores, no ha perdido su vigencia y sigue siendo un instrumento muy útil y eficaz para ayudar a padres y educadores en la tarea de explicar a los niños el principio de la vida. Con un texto directo, sencillo y de gran sensibilidad y delicadeza, esta obra responde a las preguntas que se esconden detrás de conceptos como hacer el amor, concebir, el crecimiento dentro del útero materno o el parto. Las ya míticas ilustraciones originales de Arthur Robins, llenas de ternura y con un toque de humor, convierten el libro en una obra atractiva a la vez que didáctica.… (más)
 
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bibliest | 8 reseñas más. | May 23, 2017 |
Publicado por primera vez en 1975, ¿De dónde venimos? fue el primer libro divulgativo sobre educación sexual que se editó en España. Más de 35 años después, la recuperación de este clásico, que ha educado a varias generaciones de lectores, no ha perdido su vigencia y sigue siendo un instrumento muy útil y eficaz para ayudar a padres y educadores en la tarea de explicar a los niños el principio de la vida. Con un texto directo, sencillo y de gran sensibilidad y delicadeza, esta obra responde a las preguntas que se esconden detrás de conceptos como hacer el amor, concebir, el crecimiento dentro del útero materno o el parto. Las ya míticas ilustraciones originales de Arthur Robins, llenas de ternura y con un toque de humor, convierten el libro en una obra atractiva a la vez que didáctica.… (más)
 
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Obras
66
También por
14
Miembros
19,168
Popularidad
#1,138
Valoración
½ 3.6
Reseñas
362
ISBNs
737
Idiomas
21
Favorito
47

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