In the pantheon of travel writers, the Briton Bruce Chatwin holds a resolutely special place. Consecrated leader in the 80s of “travel writing”, he however refused this term which he considered insignificant.
At the same time, the author of In Patagonia ” or ” Song of the tracks “, with his dandy look, sent a pack of travelers, backpack, on the Argentinian or Australian tracks.
Fascinated by the nomadic way of life, Bruce Chatwin was always on his way to or returning from somewhere. Died in 1989 at the age of 48, he therefore made his short life a journey, a wandering, from Italy to Sudan, from Afghanistan to Benin, from Greece to Brazil. In doing so, he never stopped writing and nourishing through movement, study and encounters, the material for his next stories, often stories of distant and fascinating lives.
More than 30 years after his disappearance, follow us with Jennifer Lesieur, author of ” You will walk in the sun », a very personal biography of the writer, in the footsteps of this aesthete adventurer who was as impatient as he was learned, and who hated home and sedentary life.
This issue is part of the collection Travel companions, a series of radio portraits of travel writers. It originally aired in September 2019.
→ To read :
– ” You will walk in the sun by Jennifer Lesieur. Stock Editions
– ” Complete Works by Bruce Chatwin. Grasset Editions
– ” Songspirals : Sharing women’s wisdom of Country through songlines “. Gay’Wu group of women.