Morris, Jan

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MORRIS, Jan

MORRIS, Jan. Also writes as James Morris. Welsh, b. 1926. Genres: Novels, History, Travel/Exploration, Autobiography/Memoirs. Career: Member, Editorial Staff, The Times newspaper, London, 1951-56, and The Guardian newspaper, London, 1957-62. Publications: AS JAMES MORRIS: Coast to Coast, 1956; Sultan in Oman, 1957; The Market of Seleukia, 1957; Coronation Everest, 1958; South African Winter, 1958; The Hashemite Kings, 1959; Venice, 1960, rev. ed., 1995; The Upstairs Donkey, 1962; The World Bank, 1963; Cities, 1963; The Presence of Spain, 1964; Oxford, 1965; Pax Britannica, 1968; The Great Port, 1970; Places, 1972; Heaven's Command, 1973. AS JAN MORRIS: Conundrum, 1974; Travels, 1976; The Oxford Book of Oxford, 1978; Farewell the Trumpets, 1978; Spain, 1979; Destinations, 1980; My Favourite Stories of Wales, 1980; The Venetian Empire, 1980; (ed.) Wales: An Anthology, 1982; The Spectacle of Empire, 1982; Wales, The First Place, 1982; A Venetian Bestiary, 1982; Stones of Empire, 1983; The Matter of Wales, 1985; Last Letters from Hav, 1985; Among the Cities, 1985; Scotland, the Place of Visions, 1986; Manhattan '45, 1987; Hong Kong, 1988; Pleasures of a Tangled Life (autobiography), 1989; Ireland: Your Only Place, 1990; City to City, 1990; O Canada, 1990; Sydney, 1992; Locations, 1992; A Machynlleth Triad, 1993; Travels with Virginia Woolf, 1993; Fisher's Face, 1995; Fifty Years of Europe: An Album, 1997; Lincoln: A Foreigner's Quest, 2000; Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere, 2001; A Writer's World, 2003. Address: Trefan Morys, Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd LL5 2OLP, Wales. Online address: [email protected]

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