The Enamoured Way: Patrick Leigh Fermor and Romania | 16 Apr, RCI London, free

Exhibition & talk in celebration of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor. View this email in your browser Thursday 16 April, 7pm, 1 Belgrave Square The Enamoured Way: Patrick Leigh Fermor and Romania An evening celebrating Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011), war hero, towering cultural personality and the most revered travel writer in Britain for decades, who transcribed, in hundreds of exquisite pages, the jubilation of his encounter with the people and the landscapes of Romania. Historian and travel writer Alan Ogden, writer and journalist Tom Fort, as well as some of Patrick Leigh Fermor's friends belonging to the Romanian exile in London - Michael de Styrcea, Şerban Cantacuzino and Marie-Lyse Ruhemann, discuss the famous writer's fascination with Romania, examining his vivid and meaningful perceptions and observations, backed by solid historical, cultural and linguistic knowledge. With the opening of 'Patrick Leigh Fermor: A Romanian Romance', an exhibition following, through a collage of old photographs by Kurt Hielscher and emblematic excerpts, Patrick Leigh Fermor's Romanian escapades recalled in his hugely successful travel memoirs Between the Woods and the Water and The Broken Road. Free entry. If you would like to attend, please reserve you seat.  Full programme of the Romanian presence at the London Book Fair. The Romanian presence at the LBF 2015 is organised by the Romanian Cultural Institute's National Book Centre and the Romanian Cultural Institute in London, with the support of the Romanian Embassy, European Bookshop, Romanian Publishers Association and Patrick Leigh Fermor Society. The project is funded by the Romanian Cultural Institute. Copyright © 2015 Romanian Cultural Institute in London, All rights reserved. You are receiving this newsletter because you, or someone using this email address, subscribed to the ICR London calendar of events. To unsubscribe from this email, please reply with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to discontinue receiving emails from us. Our mailing address is: Romanian Cultural Institute in London 1 Belgrave Square London, SW1X 8PH United Kingdom Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences