Veteran travel writer, praised for his vivid accounts of remote destinations, is honoured at Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards
A lifetime of travelling, and detailing the sights, smells and sounds of the experience has led Colin Thubron to write more than 15 travel books, primarily on Central Asia, Russia and China. Now, after five decades as a travel writer and novelist, Thubron, 79, has received the 2019 Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing at a ceremony in Mayfair, London.
Thubron’s travel books include his 1967 debut Mirror to Damascus, as well as Among the Russians, In Siberia, Shadow of the Silk Road, and 2011’s To a Mountain in Tibet. He joins Jan Morris, Bill Bryson and Michael Palin in being a recipient of the outstanding contribution award.
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