Axel Martin Fredrik Munthe (31 October 1857 – 11 February 1949) was a Swedish-born physician and psychiatrist, best known as the author of The Story of San Michele, an autobiographical account of his life and work. He spoke several languages (Swedish, English, French, Italian fluently, and German at least passably), grew up in Sweden, attended medical school there, then studied medicine in Paris and opened his first practice in France. He was married to a wealthy Englishwoman and spent most of his adult life in Italy.
His philanthropic nature often led him to treat the poor without charge, and he risked his life on several occasions to offer medical help in times of war, disaster or plague. As an advocate of animal rights, he purchased land to create a bird sanctuary near his home in Italy, argued for bans on painful traps, and himself kept pets as diverse as an owl and a baboon, as well as many types of dog. His writing is light-hearted, being primarily memoirs drawn from his real-life experiences, but it is often tinged with sadness or tragedy, and often uses dramatic licence. He primarily wrote about people and their idiosyncrasies, portraying the foibles of both the rich and the poor, but also about animals.
Axel Martin Fredrik Munthe (31 October 1857 – 11 February 1949) was a Swedish-born physician and psychiatrist, best known as the author of The Story of...
The Story of San Michele is a book of memoirs by Swedish physician AxelMunthe (October 31, 1857 – February 11, 1949) first published in 1929 by British...
d'Adelswärd-Fersen, Christian Wilhelm Allers, Emil von Behring, Curzio Malaparte, AxelMunthe, Louis Coatalen and Maxim Gorky are all reported to have owned a villa...
century on the isle of Capri, Italy, by the Swedish physician and author AxelMunthe. The villa's gardens have panoramic views of the town of Capri and its...
Martin Munthe MC (30 January 1910 – 24 November 1995) was a British soldier, writer, and curator, and son of the Swedish doctor and writer AxelMunthe and...
terminal of the Phoenician Steps lies near the Villa San Michele, which AxelMunthe built at Anacapri. 40°33′23″N 14°13′41″E / 40.55639°N 14.22806°E /...
nominated namely Percival Elgood, Michael Blümelhuber, Grigol Robakidze, AxelMunthe, Francesco Orestano, Karel Čapek, Vilhelm Ekelund, Manuel Gálvez and...
the structure, now in ruins, was owned by the Swedish psychiatrist AxelMunthe who donated it to his foundation. The surroundings, interesting for their...
Sabelli (segment "Le masque") Two Weeks in Another Town (1962) - Barzelli AxelMunthe, The Doctor of San Michele (1962) - Antonia Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963) - Anna...
Memories and Vagaries is a collection of short memoirs and essays by AxelMunthe published in several languages and editions, with differing contents...
Marisa Square of Violence (1961) – Erica Bernardi Barabbas (1961) – Julia AxelMunthe, The Doctor of San Michele (1962) – Eleonora Duse The Girl Who Knew Too...
within the population. AxelMunthe's 1929 book of memoirs "The Story of San Michele". A lightly embellished biography of Dr AxelMunthe and his history around...
excavated Villa Jovis), on land donated to the Italian Government by AxelMunthe, celebrated author of The Story of San Michele. His book, L'anfiteatro...
widow at age 78 AxelMunthe, The Doctor of San Michele (1962) – biographical drama film based on the memoirs of the Swedish doctor AxelMunthe Birdman of Alcatraz...
possibly the cause of her chronic conditions. From 1892 to her death, AxelMunthe was her personal physician and recommended for health reasons that she...
450 CE See Dating the Tirukkural 46 Tamil 52 The Story of San Michele AxelMunthe 1929 >45 English 53 The General of the Dead Army Ismail Kadare 1963 45...
Her first love affair was with an older man, the physician and writer AxelMunthe, but she rejected his impulsive proposal of marriage because her spiritual...
built on the basis of this achievement. In The Story of San Michele, AxelMunthe writes of some risks Pasteur undertook in the rabies vaccine research:...
From 1908 to 1943 it was the residence of the Swedish doctor and writer AxelMunthe. Here the senior doctor wrote his famous book: The Story of San Michele...
she lived at Villa San Michele in Capri, the tenant of the unwilling AxelMunthe. Her time on the Italian island, tolerant home to a wide collection of...
finally in in-vitro fertilisation. In 1988 he was recognised with the AxelMunthe Award in Reproductive Science. Wood led the Monash University IVF team...
Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish Gaelic writer (died 1942) October 31 – AxelMunthe, Swedish physician and author (died 1949) November 22 – George Gissing...
d'Adelswärd-Fersen, Christian Wilhelm Allers, Emil von Behring, Curzio Malaparte, AxelMunthe, and Maxim Gorky. The book that spawned the 19th century fascination...
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