| 词条 | Alexander Frater |
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| alt = Alexander Frater | birth_name = Alexander Russell Frater | birth_date = March 1 or January 3, 1937 (age 80) | birth_place = Port Vila, New Hebrides | nationality = British and Australian[2] | citizenship = | education = Scotch College, Melbourne | alma_mater = University of Melbourne | notableworks = | occupation = Writer and journalist | spouse = Marlis (d. 2011) | partner = | children = 2 | relations = | awards = Numerous, listed below left }} Early lifeFrater was born in a small mission hospital in Port Vila in the middle of a monsoon.[3] His father, a doctor, would later teach him how to observe and analyse weather.[4] In 1946 the family moved to Suva, Fiji, where Frater Sr. became Professor at the Central Medical School.[5] After primary school Frater was sent to Scotch College in Melbourne, and then attended the University of Melbourne as an undergraduate. He married Marlis in 1962 after moving to the UK to pursue a career as a journalist, with further study at Durham University and the University of Perugia. From 1960-1962 Frater competed for Durham University Boat Club.[6] He has 2 children.[7] Frater lives in London but frequently travels.[8] CareerOnce in England Frater began submitting pieces to Punch and was eventually offered a staff job.[9] He later became a contracted writer for The New Yorker and then chief travel correspondent for The Observer newspaper.[10] In between these jobs Frater spent one year as a staff writer for The Daily Telegraph from 1966-1967.[11] During his time writing for The New Yorker he produced a number of stories about an idyllic, imaginary Pacific island he called Tofua. Later he was informed by a fact-checker that such an island really existed in Tonga, which went on to form the basis for his book, Tales from the Torrid Zone.[12] While working at The Observer he was twice commended in the British Press Awards, and in 1990 won Travel Writer of the Year.[13] Frater took a short break from journalism to write Beyond the Blue Horizon (1984). He attempted to recreate the journey made in the Imperial Airways 'Eastbound Empire' service - the world's longest and most adventurous scheduled air route.[14] Chasing the Monsoon (1990) sees Frater follow the Monsoon in India. As a child his curiosity about India, and particularly its monsoon season, was sparked by his father - who often told stories about the country.[15] His latest book to date, published in 2008, is The Balloon Factory. It focuses on the pioneers of aviation based at The Balloon Factory in Farnborough.[16] TelevisionFrater made several television documentaries, but admits in Tales from the Torrid Zone that his career in front of a camera was destined to be short lived. A BBC and ABC Discovery Series documentary recreating Africa's flying boat journeys from Cairo to Mozambique was filmed in difficult conditions in 1989 aboard a Catalina flying boat. The programme aired in 1990 entitled The Last African Flying boat[17][18] Monsoon (BBC), about India's monsoonal rainfall event, aired in 1991. In the Footsteps of Buddha (BBC), 1993. Books
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References1. ^{{cite web |title=Alexander Frater |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/9254/alexander-frater |website=Penguin Random House |accessdate=16 September 2018}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Frater, Alexander}}2. ^Although born to British parents, Frater also holds an Australian passport as shown in {{YouTube|Hv8PDWHNOfA|The Last African Flying Boat}} 3. ^{{cite web |last1=Datta |first1=Sudipta |title=Under the grey skies |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/under-the-grey-skies/article24547372.ece |website=The Hindu |accessdate=16 September 2018 |language=en-IN |date=30 July 2018}} 4. ^{{cite web |last1=Datta |first1=Sudipta |title=Under the grey skies |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/under-the-grey-skies/article24547372.ece |website=The Hindu |accessdate=16 September 2018 |language=en-IN |date=30 July 2018}} 5. ^{{cite book |last1=Frater |first1=Alexander |title=Tales from the Torrid Zone: Travels in the Deep Tropics |date=2011 |publisher=Pan Macmillan |location=London |isbn=9780330542081 }} 6. ^{{cite book |last1=Moyes |first1=Arthur |title=Be The Best You Can Be: A History of Sport at Hatfield College, Durham University |date=2007 |publisher=Hatfield Trust |page=80}} 7. ^{{cite web |title=Frater, Alexander 1937 - |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-3070300058/frater-alexander-1937.html |website=Encyclopedia |accessdate=16 September 2018 |language=en}} 8. ^{{cite web |title=Alexander Frater |url=http://inkwellmanagement.com/client/alexander-frater |website=InkWell Management Literary Agency |accessdate=16 September 2018 |language=en}} 9. ^{{cite book |last1=Frater |first1=Alexander |title=Tales from the Torrid Zone: Travels in the Deep Tropics |date=2011 |publisher=Pan Macmillan |location=London |isbn=9780330542081|page=83 }} 10. ^{{cite book |last1=Frater |first1=Alexander |title=Chasing the Monsoon: A Modern Pilgrimage Through India |date=2005 |publisher=Pan Macmillan |location=London |isbn=9780330433136 |accessdate=}} 11. ^{{cite web |title=Frater, Alexander 1937 - |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-3070300058/frater-alexander-1937.html |website=Encyclopedia |accessdate=16 September 2018 |language=en}} 12. ^{{cite web |last1=Benfey |first1=Christopher |title=Tales From the Torrid Zone - Alexander Frater |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/25/books/review/Benfey.t.html |website=New York Times |accessdate=16 September 2018 |language=en}} 13. ^{{cite web |title=Frater, Alexander 1937 - |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-3070300058/frater-alexander-1937.html |website=Encyclopedia |accessdate=16 September 2018 |language=en}} 14. ^{{cite web |title=Beyond The Blue Horizon |url=https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/alexander-frater/beyond-the-blue-horizon |website=Pan Macmillan |accessdate=16 September 2018}} 15. ^{{cite web |last1=Advani |first1=Rukun |title=Book review: Alexender Frater's 'Chasing The Monsoon' |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/19901130-book-review-alexender-frater-chasing-monsoon-813324-1990-11-30 |website=India Today |accessdate=16 September 2018 |language=en}} 16. ^{{cite web |last1=MacLean |first1=Rory |title=The Balloon Factory: The Story of the Men Who Built Britain's First Flying Machines by Alexander Frater |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-balloon-factory-the-story-of-the-men-who-built-britains-first-flying-machines-by-alexander-frater-06gqvrhw3nv |website=The Sunday Times |accessdate=16 September 2018 |language=en |date=20 July 2008}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://theflyingboatforum.forumlaunch.net/viewtopic.php?p=8123&sid=8a3efa892b906549ff608b6d78e3a4f2 |title=The Flying Boat Forum from www.seawings.co.uk • View topic - Trans African Catalina Trip |publisher=Theflyingboatforum.forumlaunch.net |date= |accessdate=2018-09-07}} 18. ^{{cite news |last1=Crook |first1=John |title='Last Flying Boat' takes risky trip across Africa |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19930711&id=tRpgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yW0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2496,2936020 |accessdate=16 September 2018 |work=The Observer |date=11 July 1993}} 10 : Living people|British male journalists|British travel writers|Australian writers|People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne|University of Melbourne alumni|University of Perugia alumni|Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham|Durham University Boat Club rowers|1937 births |
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