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Paul Torday
AuthorBooks · Second hand1946-2013
Paul Torday was a British writer and the author of the comic novel Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. The book was the winner of the 2007 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic writing and was serialised on BBC Radio 4. It won the Waverton Good Read Award in 2008. It was made into a 2011 feature film of the same name, starring Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt.
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About Paul Torday
Birth
1946
Death
2013
Paul Torday was a British writer and the author of the comic novel Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. The book was the winner of the 2007 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic writing and was serialised on BBC Radio 4. It won the Waverton Good Read Award in 2008. It was made into a 2011 feature film of the same name, starring Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt.
Paul Torday was born in Durham in 1946 and had a prolific career as a British writer.
His most globally recognized work is the novel Salmon fishing in the Yemen.
Throughout his career, Torday published a total of 24 literary works.
His stories explore diverse themes such as friendship, the leisure class, and the world of wine cellars.
The author dedicated his life to fiction until his passing in December 2013.
