James Hamilton-Paterson

James Hamilton - Paterson ( born November 6, 1941 in London, England) is an English writer and poet.

Life

Hamilton - Paterson attended the schools of Windlesham House in Sussex, Bickley Hall in Kent and the King's School in Canterbury, before he began studying at Exeter College, Oxford.

In the years 1966 to 1968 Hamilton - Paterson worked as a nurse at the former St. Stephen 's Hospital, Chelsea, London. From 1969 he was a reporter for the New Statesman, and from 1974 he worked for the women's magazine Nova. He lived for many years with interruptions in the Philippines, where he is known as a commentator in newspapers and magazines. Two of his books, Ghosts of Manila and America's Boy, deal with this country and its political representatives, for example the couple Ferdinand Marcos and Imelda Marcos.

From 2000 to 2002 he was a columnist for the magazine Science in Zurich, before he took over the same job for the world week. After a stay in Italy Hamilton - Paterson now lives (2011) in Austria.

Volumes of poetry

  • Option Three, 1974.
  • Dutch Alps, 1984.

Children's Books

  • Flight Underground, 1969.
  • The House in the Waves, 1970.
  • Hostage, 1978.

Publications in German language (excerpt)

  • Secret passage between the tunnel. Engelbert -Verlag, Balve (Westphalia ) 1972, ISBN 3-536-00989-1; children's book
  • Seascapes: The sea and its shores. Goldmann, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-442-72157-1
  • Water games. Goldmann, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-442-72298-5
  • The Dream of Gerontius: Roman, Klett- Cotta, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-608-93507- X
  • Three miles deep: novel. Goldmann, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-442-72575-5
  • Night Blossom: A Novel. translated by Ebba D. Drolshagen; Insel Verlag, Frankfurt / Leipzig 2002, ISBN 3-458-17126-6.
  • Jay Jay: A novel. Klett- Cotta, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-608-93266-6.
  • Cooking with Fernet Branca: Roman, J. G. Cotta'sche bookstore Nachfolger GmbH, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 978-3-442-73565-5.
  • Einarmsegeln with Millie Roman, Klett- Cotta, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-608-93662-9.
  • From the sea: About the romance of sunsets, the mystique of the green flash and the dark side of dolphins. translated by Thomas Bodmer; Mare Verlag, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-86648-119-0.
  • Saints debris Roman. Goldmann, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-442-74059-8.
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