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Thubron, Colin, 1939-

LC control no.n 80005684
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR6070.H77
Personal name headingThubron, Colin, 1939-
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Variant(s)Shibolong, Kelin, 1939-
Associated countryGreat Britain
Birth date1939-06-14
Profession or occupationTravel writer Novelist
Found inAuthor's Mirror to Damascus, 1967.
BL database, 28 June 2007 (hdg.: Thubron, Colin G. Dryden)
Zou jin Xizang sheng shan, 2013: t.p. (柯林·施伯龍 = Kelin Shibolong [Chinese reading], Colin Thubron)
English Wikipedia website, viewed Dec. 4, 2017: (Colin Gerald Dryden Thubron, CBE FRSL FRAS (born 14 June 1939) is a British travel writer and novelist. In 2008, The Times ranked him 45th on their list of the 50 greatest postwar British writers. He is a contributor to The New York Review of Books, The Times, The Times Literary Supplement and The New York Times. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. Thubron was appointed a CBE in the 2007 New Year Honours. He is a Fellow and, as of 2010, President of the Royal Society of Literature)