Hugh Thomson (writer)
Hugh Thomson FRGS is a British travel writer, film maker and explorer. His The Green Road Into Trees: A Walk Through England won the 2014 Wainwright Prize for nature and travel writing.[1]
He was appointed as a Royal Literary Fund fellow at Oxford Brookes University in 2012–2014.[2]
He has led research expeditions in Peru exploring Inca settlements, including the discovery of Cota Coca in 2002[3] and a 2003 study of Llaqtapata.[4] He has also led filming expeditions to Mount Kilimanjaro, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Mexico.[1]
Thomson is also an award-winning film maker: his Dancing in the Street: A Rock and Roll History television series was nominated for the Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme or Series in the 1997 BAFTA awards[5] and the three-part Indian Journeys he created with William Dalrymple won the 2001 Grierson Award for Best Documentary Series.[6]
He has an MA from the University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society.[4] His grandfathers were G. P. Thomson and W. L. Bragg, both of whom, and both their fathers J. J. Thomson and W. H. Bragg, won the Nobel prize in physics.[7][8]
Publications
- The White Rock: an exploration of the Inca heartland (2001, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN 9780297842446)
- Nanda Devi: a journey to the last sanctuary (2004, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN 9780297607533)
- Cochineal Red: travels through ancient Peru (2006, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN 9780297645641)
- Tequila Oil: getting lost in Mexico (2009, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN 9780297851929)
- 50 Wonders of the World (2009, Quercus, ISBN 9781849160032)
- The Green Road Into The Trees: a walk through England (2014, Preface Publishing (Random House), ISBN 9781848093324)
References
- 1 2 "2014 winner". The Wainwright Prize. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ↑ "Hugh Thomson". Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ↑ "Major New Inca Site Discovered (RGS Press release)". 6 June 2002. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- 1 2 Malville, J. McKim; Thomson, Hugh; Ziegler, Gary (2004). "Machu Picchu's Observatory: the Re-Discovery of Llactapata and its Sun-Temple". Retrieved 18 July 2016. a longer English version of the article that was first published in the Revista Andina (2004, #39), with the title "El redescubrimiento de Llactapata, antiguo observatorio de Machu Picchu"
- ↑ "Television: Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme or Series in 1997". BAFTA. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ↑ "The Grierson Awards 2000/2001: Winners". The Grierson Trust. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ↑ Thomson, Hugh (2012). The Green Road into the Trees. Preface publishing. p. 247. ISBN 978-1-848-09332-4.
- ↑ Thomson, Hugh (9 February 2013). "FAQs". Hugh Thomson. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Royal Literary Fund "Writers Aloud" interviews with Hugh Thomson, 2016: part 1 and part 2