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- Birth nameGeorge Eric Newby
- Eric Newby was born on December 6, 1919 in Barnes, Surrey, England, UK. He was a writer, known for In Love and War (2001), One Pair of Eyes (1967) and This Is Your Life (1955). He was married to Wanda Skof. He died on October 20, 2006 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK.
- SpouseWanda Skof(April 4, 1946 - October 20, 2006) (his death, 2 children)
- British travel writer best known for his 1958 narrative about his trek though Afghanistan "A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush". His first work in 1956 was about a voyage to Australia aboard a Finnish grain ship ("The Last Grain Race"), and later wrote "Love and War in the Apennines" in 1971 which chronicled his experiences during WWII and the woman who helped him escape from a POW camp in northern Italy. She later became his wife.
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