January 31st, 2002
In 1893, British memoirist and travel writer Freya Stark (Alexander’s Path, 1958) is born in Paris.
Freya Stark, b. January 31, 1893, d. 1993
A fearless adventurer and explorer, Stark used her mastery of Arabic and other languages in travelling throughout the Near East and Asia. Her books combine travelogue with cultural analysis in language both poetic and evocative. She continued travelling and writing into her seventies and eighties and lived to see her hundredth birthday.
Suggested Reading Travel The Valleys of the Assassins, 1934. The Southern Gates of Arabia, 1936. A Winter in Arabia, 1940. Letters from Syria, 1942. Perseus in the Wind, 1948. Alexander’s Path, 1958. The Minaret of Djam, 1970. Autobiography Beyond Euphrates, 1951. The Coast of Incense, 1953. Dust in the Lion’s Paw, 1961.
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