Pico Iyer
Auteur van Video-avond in Kathmandu en andere reportages uit het niet-zo-verre oosten
Over de Auteur
Pico Iyer was born in Oxford, England to Indian parents, who immigrated to California in 1957. He received a B.A. and M.A. from Oxford University and a second masters degree from Harvard University. From 1982 to 1985, he was a writer for Time magazine. Following a leave of absence to visit Asia, toon meer Iyer wrote Video Nights in Katmandu: And Other Reports from the Not-So-Far East. In 1986 he returned to Time as a contributor. He also contributes regularly to Conde Nast Traveler magazine. Pico Iyer has written several other travel books including The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto; Falling Off the Map: Some Lonely Places in the World; and Tropical Classical: Essays from Several Directions. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: Derek Shapton
Werken van Pico Iyer
In Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk's Memoir 3 exemplaren
The Snow Leopard 2 exemplaren
A Fine Balance 2 exemplaren
Imagining Canada: An outsider's hope for a global future (The Hart House lectures) (2001) 2 exemplaren
A Place I've Never Been 1 exemplaar
Maximum India 1 exemplaar
TED Books Box Set: The Creative Mind: The Art of Stillness, The Future of Architecture, and Judge This (2015) 1 exemplaar
'Midnight's Uncle: why RK Narayan is still an indispensable guide to India' in TLS 5555, 18 Sept 2009 1 exemplaar
[Open Road] [Author: Iyer, Paco] [March, 2008] 1 exemplaar
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The Condé Nast Traveler Book of Unforgettable Journeys: Great Writers on Great Places (2007) — Medewerker — 255 exemplaren
Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table: A Collection of Essays from the New York Times (2008) — Medewerker — 167 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Iyer, Siddharth Pico Raghavan
- Geboortedatum
- 1957-02-11
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Harvard, Massachusetts, USA
California, USA
Japan (rural) - Opleiding
- Eton College
Oxford University
Harvard University - Beroepen
- travel writer
teacher (writing ∙ literature)
journalist (Time Magazine ∙ National Geographic)
author
essayist
novelist (toon alle 7)
screenwriter - Relaties
- Iyer, Raghavan N. (father)
- Korte biografie
- Married to Hiroko, the "Lady" in his second book, and her two children.
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