John Seymour (forfatter)

John Seymour (12. juni 1914 – 14. september 2004) var en engelsk indflydelsesrig person indenfor selvforsyningstanken. Han var forfatter, tv-personlighed , miljøaktivist, landbrugsreformist, husmand. Han var modstander af forbrugersamfundet, industrialiseringen, genmodifikationer, byer, biler og fortaler for selvhjulpenhed, personligt ansvar, selvforsyning, selskabelighed, havebrug og bekymrede sig for Jorden og jord.

Han har skrevet 41 bøger, men er især kendt på grund af hans bøger om selvforsyning.

Hans bog Den nye komplette håndbog i selvforsyning fra 1976 har bl.a. inspireret Frank Erichsen fra DR2's program Bonderøven til at starte sit liv som selvforsnyet.

Bibliografi 

The Hard Way to India (1951). London: Eyre & Spottiswoode.
Boys in the Bundu (1955) London: Harrap. (With illustrations by Sally Seymour)
Round About India (1955). London: Eyre & Spottiswoode.
One Man's Africa (1956). London: Eyre & Spottiswoode.
Sailing Through England (1956). London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. (With illustrations by Sally Seymour)
The Fat of the Land (1961). London: Faber & Faber. (With illustrations by Sally Seymour)
On My Own Terms (1963). London: Faber & Faber. An autobiography.
Willynilly to the Baltic (1965). Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons.
Voyage into England (1966). Newton Abbott: David & Charles.
The Companion Guide to East Anglia (1970). London: Collins.
About Pembrokeshire (1971). TJ Whalley.
The Book of Boswell - autobiography of a gypsy (1970). London: Gollancz. (Author: Silvester Gordon Boswell, Ed. John Seymour)
Self-Sufficiency (1973). London: Faber & Faber. (With Sally Seymour.) The original self-sufficiency guide.
Farming for Self-Sufficiency - Independence on a 5-Acre Farm (1973). Schocken Books. (with Sally Seymour) (the American version of 'Self-sufficiency')
The Companion Guide to the Coast of South-West England (1974). London: Collins.
The Companion Guide to the Coast of North-East England (1974). London: Collins.
The Companion Guide to the Coast of South-East England (1975). London: Collins.
 
Bring Me My Bow (1977). London: Turnstone Books.
Keep It Simple (1977). Pant Mawr: Black Pig Press.
The Countryside Explained (1977). London: Faber & Faber. (With illustrations by Sally Seymour)
I’m A Stranger Here Myself - the story of a Welsh farm (1978). London: Faber & Faber. (With illustrations by Sally Seymour)
The Self-Sufficient Gardener (1978). London: Dorling Kindersley
John Seymour's Gardening Book (1978). London: G.Whizzard: Distributed by Deutsch.
Gardener's Delight (1978). London: Michael Joseph.
Getting It Together - a guide for new settlers (1980). London: Michael Joseph.
The Lore of the Land (1982). Weybridge: Whittet. (With illustrations by Sally Seymour.)
Die Lerchen singen so schön (1982). München: Heyne Science Fiction Bibliothek (English version, unpublished: The Larks They Sang Melodious, novel)The Woodlander (1983). London: Sidgwick & Jackson. (With illustrations by Sally Seymour.)The Smallholder (1983). London: Sidgwick & Jackson. (With illustrations by Sally Seymour.)The Shepherd (1983). London: Sidgwick & Jackson. (With illustrations by Sally Seymour.)The Forgotten Arts (1984). London: Dorling Kindersley.Far from Paradise - the story of man's impact on the environment (1986). London: BBC Publications. (with Herbert Girardet)Blueprint for a Green Planet' (1987). London: Dorling Kindersley. (med Herbert Girardet)The Forgotten Household Crafts (1987). London: Dorling Kindersley.England Revisited - a countryman's nostalgic journey (1988). London: Dorling Kindersley.The Ultimate Heresy (1989). Bideford: Green Books.Changing Lifestyles - living as though the world mattered (1991). London: Gollancz.Rural Life - pictures from the past (1991). London: Collins & Brown.Blessed Isle - one man's Ireland (1992). London: Collins.Seymour's Seamarks (1995). Rye: Academic Inn Books. (med illustrationer afConnie Lindquist)Retrieved from the Future (1996). London: New European,Rye from the Water's Edge (1996). Rye: Academic Inn Books. (med illustrationer af Connie Lindquist)Playing It For Laughs - a book of doggerel (1999). San Francisco: Metanoia Press. (med illustrationer afKate Seymour)The Forgotten Arts And Crafts (2001). London: Dorling Kindersley.The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency (2002). London: Dorling Kindersley. (med Will Sutherland) The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It (2003). London: Dorling Kindersley. (med Will Sutherland)The Fat of the Land (2008). Carningli Press (med illustrationer af Sally Seymour)I'm a Stranger Here Myself The Story of a Welsh Farm (2011). Carningli Press (cover af Sally Seymour) The Fat of the Land (2017). Little Toller Books, ny udgave med forord af Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

På dansk
 Den nye komplette håndbog i selvforsyning, (2010)  (med forord af Frank Erichsen)
 Den selvforsynende have'',

Referencer

Eksterne henvisninger 
 Carningli Press – information on John Seymour and the Seymour family 
 Obituary: John Seymour | Money | The Guardian nekrolog

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