# Wilfred Thesiger

Wilfred Patrick Thesiger DSO (3 de junho, 1910 – 24 de agosto, 2003) foi um explorador britânico nascido em Addis Ababa, capital da Etiópia.

## Prêmios

* Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE 1968
* Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, DSO 1941
* Master of Arts, MA, Oxon
* Third Class Star of Ethiopia 1930
* Founder's Medal, Royal Geographical Society, RGS 1948
* Lawrence of Arabia Medal, Royal Central Asian Society, RCAS 1955
* Livingstone Medal, Royal Scottish Geographical Society, RSGS 1962
* W.H.Heinemann Award 1964
* Royal Society of Literature, RSL 1965
* Burton Memorial Medal, Royal Asiatic Society, RAS 1966
* Honorary Dlitt Leicester 1967
* Fellow Royal Society of Literature, FRSL 1982
* Honorary Fellow British Academy, FBA 1982;

## Livros

* Arabian Sands (1959) travel writing classic, reissued in several editions
** Currently available edition:
*** Paperback reissue April 1985 by Penguin; ISBN 0-14-009514-4
** Out of print editions
*** Hardcover reissue 1960 Readers Union (January 1, 1960) 270 pp; ASIN B0007J3E16
*** Paperback reissue 1981 Viking Press (February 1981); ISBN 0-14-002125-6
*** Hardcover reissue 1983 by Fairmount Books Ltd Remainders (September 30, 1983); ISBN 0-00-217005-1
*** Hardcover reissue 1983 by Viking Adult (April 19, 1984). 347 pp. ISBN 0-670-13005-2
*** Paperback reissue 1984 by Penguin; ISBN 0-14-009514-4
*** Hardcover reissue 1998 by Motivate Publishing Ltd; ISBN 1-873544-75-8
* The Marsh Arabs (1964):
*** Penguin Classics; Reissue edition (25 October 2007); # ISBN 0141442085, # ISBN 978-0141442082
** Out of print editions
*** Paperback reissue 1983 (out of print) — Gardners Books (April 30, 1983); ISBN 0-14-009512-8
*** Hardover reissue 1985 (out of print) — Harpercollins Pub Ltd (May 31, 1985); ISBN 0-00-217068-X
* The Last Nomad (1979) — out of print in all editions.
** Out of print editions
*** American hardcover reissue 1980 (out of print) — William Collins Sons & Co.; ISBN 0-525-93077-9
* The Life of My Choice (1987) — out of print in all editions; described as a remarkable biography
** Out of print editions
*** British edition Collins (1987); ISBN 0-00-216194-X;
*** American hardcover edition W.W. Norton (January 1988) 459 pp; ISBN 0-393-02513-6;
*** American paperback edition Harpercollins Pub Ltd (March 31, 1993). ISBN 0-00-637267-8
* My Kenya Days Harper Collins, London, 1994; ISBN 0-00-255268-X
* The Danakil Diary: Journeys through Abyssinia, 1930-4 Hammersmith, 1996, ISBN 0-00-638775-6 His account of exploring the Awash valley, and encounters with the Afar people.
* Among the Mountains: Travels Through Asia Harper Collins, (1998); ISBN 0-00-255898-X. This account presents edited portions of journal entries written during trips to remote mountain areas of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Kurdistan between 1952 and 1965, as well as numerous black-and-white photographs that he took at the time. There is little detail (nor current travel information) since the book is based on his diary entries. For a better account, read The Life of My Choice.
* Crossing the Sands Motivate Pub Ltd (January 2000) 176 pp; ISBN 1-86063-028-6. About his journeys in the Empty Quarter and the Arabian Peninula during the late forties, with photographs, but apparently more than a coffee table book.
* My Life and Travels (anthology)
** Available editions
*** Hardcover edition Harper Collins (October 21 2002) 352 pp. ISBN 0-00-257151-X
*** Hardcover reissue by Flamingo (October 6, 2003) 320 pp; ISBN 0-00-655212-9
* A Vanished World — in print
** Available editions
*** First American hardcover edition 2001 W.W. Norton (September 17, 2001) 192 pp; ISBN 0-00-710837-0
*** American hardcover edition 2002 W.W. Norton (April 2002) 189 pp, possibly the same as above, collection of photographs; ISBN 0-393-05086-6