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Bruce Chatwin
Charles Bruce Chatwin (13 May 194018 January 1989) was an English writer whose best known works are ''In Patagonia'' (1977) and ''The Songlines'' (1987). Although he was often referred to as a travel writer, a term he eschewed, Chatwin was also a novelist and a journalist who interviewed figures such as Indira Gandhi and André Malraux for the ''Sunday Times Magazine''. He won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel ''On the Black Hill'' (1982)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/events/tait-black/winners/fiction )〕 and his novel ''Utz'' (1988) was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.themanbookerprize.com/people/bruce-chatwin )〕 In 2008 ''The Times'' named Chatwin #46 on their list of "50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945".
With the publication of ''In Patagonia'', an account of his trip to the region and the stories of people who lived there, Chatwin invigorated the genre of travel writing. In ''The New York Times'', Andrew Harvey wrote,
"Nearly every writer of my generation in England has wanted, at some point, to be Bruce Chatwin; wanted, like him, to talk of Fez and Firdausi, Nigeria and Nuristan, with equal authority; wanted to be talked about, as he is, with raucous envy; wanted above all to have written his books."
Chatwin's travels often inspired his work, and although he was described as a travel writer, he did not identify as one. When his book ''The Songlines'' was nominated for the Thomas Cook Travel Award, he requested that it be withdrawn from consideration, saying the work was fictional. Nor did he see himself as a novelist ("I don't quite know the meaning of the word novel," he said). Instead he considered himself a storyteller, interested in bringing to light unusual tales.
Married and bisexual, Chatwin was one of the first prominent men in Great Britain known to have contracted HIV and died of an AIDS-related illness, although he hid the facts of his illness. He gave various explanations for his poor health, including malaria and a fungal infection. Following his death, Chatwin was criticised by the gay community for keeping his diagnosis secret, and caused some critics question the truthfulness of his work. His biographer, Nicholas Shakespeare, said, "His denial (his AIDS diagnosis ) bred a sense that if he lied about his life, he must have lied about his work. Some readers have taken this as a cue to pass judgement on his books – or else not to bother with them."
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