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Nicholas Bethell (1938–2007)

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Obras por Nicholas Bethell

Associated Works

Cancer Ward (1968) — Tradutor, algumas edições3,522 exemplares
The Love-Girl and the Innocent (1969) — Tradutor, algumas edições282 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome legal
Baron Bethell, Nicholas William,
Outros nomes
Lord Bethell
Data de nascimento
1938-07-19
Data de falecimento
2007-09-08
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
England
UK
Educação
Harrow School
University of Cambridge (Pembroke College)
Ocupações
translator
writer
politician
political activist
script editor
Biographer
Organizações
Garrick Club, London, England, UK

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Nicholas Bedell was one of Britain's leading experts on eastern Europe. The son of a well-to-do stockbroker, he read Arabic and Persian at Cambridge University. He also befriended Polish undergraduates, which stimulated his interest in Polish and Russian. From 1962 to 1964, he worked for the Times Literary Supplement, and until 1967 as a script editor for BBC Radio. In 1964, he married Cecilla Honeyman and the couple went to live part-time in Tangier; they had two sons and later divorced. In 1967 he was commissioned to write the first biography of the Polish leader Wladyslaw Gomulka. That same year, his circumstances changed dramatically when his cousin, the 3rd Baron Bethell, died unexpectedly. This made Nicholas the 4th Baron Bethell with a seat in the House of Lords. He was a Conservative member from 1967 to 1999 and was appointed a Lord in Waiting (government whip) after the 1970 general election. Over many years serving in the European Parliament, Bedell was active as chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Rights.

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Estatísticas

Obras
11
Also by
2
Membros
494
Popularidade
#50,038
Avaliação
4.1
ISBN
39
Línguas
7

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