John Hare

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John Hare , also Dan Fulani (born December 11, 1934 ) is a British journalist , writer and environmentalist .

Live and act

John Hare spent seven years with the British colonial administration in northern Nigeria and later also worked for the United Nations Environment Program in Africa . Between 1992 and 2002 he undertook six expeditions into the desert Gashun Gobi and the Lop Nor desert where she investigated u. a. the populations of wild saltwater camels Camelus ferus bactrianus . From October 2001 to February 2002 he undertook an expedition through the Sahara on the traces of Hanns Vischer's crossing of the Sahara in 1906.

He is the initiator, founding member and chairman of the Wild Camel Protection Foundation , founded in 1997 , which is dedicated to the protection of wild camels in Asia.

Hare is also active as a writer and has published several non-fiction books about his expeditions in Asia and Africa . In addition, he wrote a number of books for children and young people , the plot of which is mostly set in Asia or Africa. Hare has published around 30 books for children and young people under the pseudonym Dan Fulani .

Works (selection)

Non-fiction

Original English-language publications

  • The Lost Camels of Tartary. A Quest into Forbidden China . Little, Brown Book Group, London 1999, ISBN 0-349-11146-4 .
  • Shadows Across the Sahara. Travels with Camels from Lake Chad to Tripoli . Constable, London 2003, ISBN 1-84119-626-6 .
  • Mysteries of the Gobi: Searching for Wild Camels and Lost Cities in the Heart of Asia . IB Tauris, London 2009, ISBN 1-84511-512-0 .

German translations

  • On the trail of the last wild camels. An expedition to forbidden China . Frederking & Thaler, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-89405-191-4 .
  • Blown tracks. On the route of the legendary Africa explorer Hanns Vischer . Frederking & Thaler, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-89405-233-3 .

Books for children and young readers

Original English-language publications

  • The fight for light . Hodder & Stoughton, London 1982, ISBN 0-340-28325-4 .
  • Kowa Ya Kwana Lafiya Shi Ya So . Arnold Overseas, London 1985, ISBN 0-340-33114-3 .
  • Leopard's Coat . Hodder Arnold H&S, London 1989, ISBN 0-340-50518-4 (with: Eva Gunderson; Headway Books)
  • Flight 800 . Spectrum Reports, Winchester (Hampshire / England) 1992, ISBN 0-946480-04-4 .
  • Dead men's bones . Hodder Murray, London 2006, ISBN 0-340-94036-0 (Hodder African Readers)
  • The Fearless Four and the Smugglers . Hodder Murray, London 2006, ISBN 0-340-94033-6 (Hodder African Readers)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Debrett's People of Today ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2016 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.debretts.com
  2. ↑ Joachim Hoelzgen: Greed for gold threatens the wild world of the trample . Spiegel Online , March 9, 2009; Retrieved April 18, 2009.
  3. ↑ See information on “Product descriptions” for the children's and young people 's book Leopard's Coat at amazon.de (English), accessed on April 18, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Hare, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fulani, Dan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British journalist, writer and environmentalist
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1934