Colin Thubron

Colin Thubron, 2010

Colin Gerald Dryden Thubron CBE FRSL FRAS (born 14 June 1939) is a British travel writer and novelist.[1] In 2008, The Times ranked him among the 50 greatest postwar British writers.[2] He is a contributor to The New York Review of Books,[3] The Times, The Times Literary Supplement and The New York Times. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. Thubron was appointed a CBE in the 2007 New Year Honours. He is a Fellow and, between 2009 and 2017, was President of the Royal Society of Literature.[4]

  1. ^ Wagner, Erica (24 July 2016). "Colin Thubron: 'Life is in the detail'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  2. ^ "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". The Times. 5 January 2008. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Colin Thubron". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  4. ^ "The Royal Society of Literature". The Royal Society of Literature. Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.