Seven Years in Tibet (book)
Seven Years in Tibet - My life at the court of the Dalai Lama is an autobiographical book of the Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer in 1952 that on his experiences in Tibet from 1944 to 1951 during the Second World War and in the period before the invasion of the People's Liberation Army in Tibet Year 1950 builds up.
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The book describes the escape of Harrer and his companion Peter Aufschnaiter from a British internment camp in India. Harrer and Aufschnaiter flee to Tibet and travel to the capital Lhasa . They spend several years here and Harrer describes contemporary Tibetan culture in detail. Harrer became a teacher and friend of the 14th Dalai Lama over time .
The author and biographer Margit Pflagner edited Heinrich Harrer's diaries for his work Seven Years in Tibet.
Publications
Seven Years in Tibet has been translated into 53 languages. It was a bestseller in the United States in 1954 and sold three million times.
To the issue of Flamingo who wrote the 14th Dalai Lama an introduction
“Harrer has always been such a friend to Tibet. His most important contribution to our cause, his book, Seven Years in Tibet , introduced hundreds of thousands of people to my country ”
“Harrer was always a friend of Tibet. His important contribution to our cause, Seven Years in Tibet , introduced thousands of people to my country. "
Movies
Two films were made based on the book. Seven Years in Tibet (1956) is a 76-minute documentary by the director Hans Nieter, which contains sections from Harrer's films during his stay in Tibet and various scenes of his adventure recreated by Harrer; and Seven Years in Tibet , by Jean-Jacques Annaud , with Brad Pitt as Harrer and David Thewlis as Aufschnaiter.
Songs
David Bowie released a song called Seven Years in Tibet on his 1997 album Earthling .
See also
Web links
- Book Review: Seven Years in Tibet . The Open Critic, 1956, archived from the original on January 17, 2013 ; accessed on August 30, 2018 .
- Seven years in Tibet on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ^ Martin, Douglas Martin: Heinrich Harrer, 93, Explorer of Tibet, Dies. The New York Times , January 10, 2006, accessed August 30, 2018 .
- ↑ Greetings from the 14th Dalai Lama )