Quentin Crewe
| Quentin Crewe | |
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| Born |
Quentin Dodds 14 November 1926 London, England |
| Died |
14 November 1998 (aged 72) Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Quentin Crewe (14 November 1926 – 14 November 1998) was an English journalist. He wrote 11 books, several of them accounts of world travels. He had muscular dystrophy, and believed that disability need be no bar to a happy and fulfilled life. Although he was expected to die by the age of 16, he was not told this and lived to 76. He wrote for The Daily Mail and Sunday Mirror.[1][2]
Recognition
Crewe appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs twice, on 21 January 1984,[3] and on 16 June 1996.[4]
Books
- A Curse of Blossom (1960)
- In Search of the Sahara (1983)
- The Last Maharaja (1985)
- Touch the Happy Isles (1987)
- Well, I Forget The Rest (1991, his autobiography)
References
- ↑ Thomas, Robert McG. (1998-12-01). "Quentin Crewe, 72, Bon Vivant Who Was Unfazed by Disability". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
- ↑ De Moubray, Jocelyn (1998-11-16). "Obituary: Quentin Crewe". The Independent. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
- ↑ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Quentin Crewe". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ↑ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Quentin Crewe". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
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