Colin Thubron
Colin Thubron | |
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Thubron in 2010 | |
| Born | Colin Gerald Dryden Thubron 14 June 1939 London, England |
| Education | Eton College |
| Occupations | Travel writer and novelist |
| Notable work | A Cruel Madness (1985); Behind the Wall: A Journey Through China (1987) In Siberia (1999); The Amur River: Between Russia and China |
| Spouse | Margreta de Grazia |
| Parent(s) | Gerald Thubron and Evelyn (née Dryden) |
| Awards | PEN/Macmillan Silver Pen Award; Hawthornden Prize; Edward Stanford Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing Award; Lifetime Achievement Award, Premio Chatwin, Italy |
Colin Gerald Dryden Thubron (born 14 June 1939) is a British travel writer and novelist. In 2008, The Times ranked him among the 50 greatest postwar British writers. He is a contributor to The New York Review of Books, 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 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2007 New Year Honours. He is a Fellow and, between 2009 and 2017, was President of the Royal Society of Literature.