Xan Fielding
Xan Fielding, born Alexander Wallace Fielding (26 November 1918 - 19 August 1991) was a British writer and translator, notable for his translations of The Planet of the Apes and The Bridge on the River Kwai. A British Special Operations Executive agent in World War II, Fielding was briefly captured in France by the Gestapo (together with Francis Cammaerts) while travelling from Apt to Seyes, then was freed by the famous Polish SOE agent Krystyna Skarbek. He later married "Magouche", widow of Armenian artist Arshile Gorky.
Works - The stronghold: An account of the four seasons in the White Mountains of Crete (1953)
- Hide and Seek (1954) - wartime memoirs
- Corsair Country (1959)
- Money Spinner: Monte Carlo and Its Fabled Casino (1977)
- Best of Friends. The Brenan-Partridge Letters (1986) editor
- Aeolus Displayed (1991)
- Images of Spain (1991)
- Hideous Disguise (1994)
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