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Martin Walker - Mein Périgord
directed by Günter Schilhan, fl. 1994; produced by Hubert Nowak, fl. 2011, 3Sat, ORF Fernsehprogramm-Service and Edit Park (Germany: ArtHaus Musik, 2013), 44 mins
Born in Scotland in 1947, Martin Walker has made a literary memorial to his adopted home, the French region of Périgord. His successful crime novels about the sympathetic village policeman "Bruno" play in this region and treat beside the criminal cases the rich history and the culinary specialties of the Périgor...
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directed by Günter Schilhan, fl. 1994; produced by Hubert Nowak, fl. 2011, 3Sat, ORF Fernsehprogramm-Service and Edit Park (Germany: ArtHaus Musik, 2013), 44 mins
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Born in Scotland in 1947, Martin Walker has made a literary memorial to his adopted home, the French region of Périgord. His successful crime novels about the sympathetic village policeman "Bruno" play in this region and treat beside the criminal cases the rich history and the culinary specialties of the Périgord. The graduate historian and economist worked for 25 years as a journalist and foreign correspondent for the British newspaper "The Gu...
Born in Scotland in 1947, Martin Walker has made a literary memorial to his adopted home, the French region of Périgord. His successful crime novels about the sympathetic village policeman "Bruno" play in this region and treat beside the criminal cases the rich history and the culinary specialties of the Périgord. The graduate historian and economist worked for 25 years as a journalist and foreign correspondent for the British newspaper "The Guardian". He has authored numerous nonfiction books, including on the Cold War, perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev and Bill Clinton. To this day, he also manages a "think tank" in Washington, which analyzes trends in the global economy for major business enterprises and politicians. Martin Walker presents in this documentary his favorite places and the historically most important sites of Périgord.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Hubert Nowak, fl. 2011, 3Sat, ORF Fernsehprogramm-Service, Edit Park
Author / Creator
Günter Schilhan, fl. 1994
Date Published / Released
2012, 2013
Publisher
ArtHaus Musik
Speaker / Narrator
Martin Walker, 1947-
Person Discussed
Martin Walker, 1947-, Josephine Baker, 1906-1975
Topic / Theme
Cultural assimilation, Archives and special collections, Journalists, Geophysical features, Towns
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 Arthaus Musik
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