He died in January 1989, aged forty-eight. On the Black Hill won the Whitbread First Novel Award while his novel Utz was nominated for the 1988 Booker Prize. On publication The Songlines went straight to Number 1 in the Sunday Times bestseller list and remained in the top ten for nine months. Two of his books have been made into feature films: The Viceroy of Ouidah (retitled Cobra Verde), directed by Werner Herzog, and Andrew Grieve's On the Black Hill. Beautifully written and full of wonderful descriptions and intriguing tales, In Patagonia is an account of Bruce Chatwin's travels to a remote country in search of a strange beast and his encounters with the people whose fascinating stories delay him on the road. Forster Award and launched his writing career. Between 19 he worked for the Sunday Times, before announcing his next departure in a telegram: 'Gone to Patagonia for six months.' This trip inspired the first of Chatwin's books, In Patagonia, which won the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M. Eight years later, having become one of Sotheby's youngest directors, he abandoned his job to pursue his passion for world travel. To order a copy for £9.34 go to or call 03. After attending Marlborough School he began work as a porter at Sotheby's. The 40th anniversary edition of In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin is published by Vintage on 5 October (£10.99). Bruce Chatwin was born in Sheffield in 1940.
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