Paul Torday

Paul Torday (born August 1, 1946 in Croxdale , County Durham , † December 18, 2013 ) was a British writer . He became famous for his debut novel Salmon Fishing in Yemen .

Life

Paul Torday studied English literature at Pembroke College , Oxford . He worked as an engineering entrepreneur for over thirty years before fulfilling a long-held dream - to write. His novel Salmon Fishing in Yemen was made into a film by Lasse Hallström in 2011 .

Paul Torday had two sons in 1974 and 1976 and lived with his family in a small castle near the North Tyne River .

Honors

• 2007 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for his novel Salmon Fishing in Yemen .

Fonts

• Salmon fishing in Yemen. Roman ("Salmon Fishing in the Yemen"). Berlin-Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-8270-0699-8 .
  • Salmon fishing in Yemen. Radio play . Der Audio-Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-89813-634-1 (2 CDs).
• Bordeaux. A novel in four years ("The Irresistible Inheritance Of Wilberforce"). Berlin-Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-8270-0808-4 .
  • Bordeaux. Audio book . Der Audio-Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-89813-803-1 (4 CDs).
• The Girl On The Landing . Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London 2009, ISBN 978-0-297-85533-0 .
• Charlie Summers. Roman ("The Hopeless Life Of Charlie Summers"). Berlin-Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-8270-0883-1 .
• More Than You Can Say . Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2011, ISBN 978-0-297-85824-9 .
• The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall . Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2012, ISBN 978-0-297-86320-5 .
• Light shining in the forest . Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2013, ISBN 978-1-409-12668-3 .
• Two Eerie Tales of Suspense . Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2014, ISBN 978-1-780-22742-9 . (Consists of the two short stories Breakfast at the Hotel Deja Vu and Theo )
• Death of an Owl . Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2016, ISBN 978-0-297-86750-0 . (completed by Piers Torday )

Web links

• Literature by and about Paul Torday in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Paul Torday, author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, dies aged 67 ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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.