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Eric Newby
Born(1919-12-06)6 December 1919
Hammersmith, London
Died20 October 2006(2006-10-20) (aged 86)
Guildford, Surrey
OccupationAuthor, travel writer
NationalityBritish
Period1956–99
GenreHistory, travel, non-fiction,
SubjectIndia, Middle East, Britain, Europe, Afghanistan
SpouseWanda (née Škof)
Children2 (Sonia and Jonathan)[1]

George Eric Newby CBE MC (6 December 1919 – 20 October 2006[2]) was an English travel writer. His works include A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, The Last Grain Race and A Small Place in Italy.

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  2. ^ "Travel writer Newby dies aged 86", BBC News, 22 October 2006

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novel written by Eric Newby, author of The Last Grain Race, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush and Slowly Down the Ganges. In 1967, Eric Newby and his wife Wanda...

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William Dalrymple

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Wheelchair rugby at the 2023 Parapan American Games

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Inaccessible Island

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List of Old Paulines

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the book A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by the British travel writer Eric Newby. Nuristan was the location of three of the missions in Hitman 2: Silent...

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