Gerald Durrell (1925–1995)
Autor(a) de My Family and Other Animals
About the Author
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 mais 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
Séries
Obras por Gerald Durrell
Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons: A Journey to the Flora and Fauna of a Unique Island (1977) 373 exemplares
Dog Stories by James Herriot, Rudyard Kipling, Gerald Durell and others (1900) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares
Stories from a Corfu Childhood: A Selection of His Own Stories Written and Read by Gerald Durrell (2013) 6 exemplares
Three Singles to Adventure | Two in the Bush 3 exemplares
The Bafut Beagles; The Drunken Forest; Encounters With Animals; Menagerie Manor; My Family and Other Animals; Three… 3 exemplares
סנדל וכל השאר 2 exemplares
Korfu-trilg̤ia : Csald̀om š egyb̌ l̀latfajtk̀ : Madarak, vadak, rokonok : Istenek kertje (2021) 2 exemplares
The Overloaded Ark | Three Singles to Adventure | The Bafut Beagles | My Family and Other Animals | The Drunken Forest (2004) 2 exemplares
The Entrance [short story] 2 exemplares
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
Associated Works
My Family and Other Animals [2005 film] — Based on the book by — 14 exemplares
Great Animal Stories: If Only They Could Talk, Ring of Bright Water, A Cat in the Window, Elephant Bill, Encounters… (1960) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: In This House of Brede • The Durrells in Corfu • The Black Camels of Qashran • A… (1970) 5 exemplares
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 186 : Die Eisfalle. Das späte Geständnis. Das Fest der Tiere. Freiheit auf Bewährung (1992) 4 exemplares
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Longshot • Snare of Serpents • The Himmler Equation • The Ark's Anniversary — Autor — 2 exemplares
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Whispering Land / The Tuntsa / The Judas Tree / Fate is the Hunter / Evil Come,… (1961) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Harp in the South • Friends and Friendly Beasts • The Passing Bells • The… 2 exemplares
MAR DE HIERBA. CHACAL. MUJER SOLITARIA. LOS DURRELL EN CORFU (Biblioteca De Selecciones)1972 (1972) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Fire and the Hammer, Barabbas, Helen Gould Was My Mother in Law, the Glass of Fashion, the Overloaded Ark, Washington… (1954) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Durrell, Gerald Malcolm
- Data de nascimento
- 1925-01-07
- Data de falecimento
- 1995-01-30
- Localização do túmulo
- Jersey Zoo
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- País (no mapa)
- England, UK
- Local de nascimento
- Jamshedpur, India
- Local de falecimento
- St Helier, Jersey, Bailiwick of Jersey
- Causa da morte
- sepsis
- Locais de residência
- Jamshedpur, Bihar, India
- Educação
- Wickwood School
- Ocupações
- naturalist
author
conservationist
zookeeper - Relações
- Durrell, Lawrence (brother)
Durrell, Margaret (sister)
Durrell, Jacquie (wife)
Durrell, Lee (2nd wife) - Organizações
- Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Jersey Zoo, now renamed Durrell Wildlife - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Order of the British Empire (Officer)
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- 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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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 106
- Also by
- 32
- Membros
- 19,287
- Popularidade
- #1,130
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 390
- ISBN
- 995
- Línguas
- 29
- Marcado como favorito
- 105