Award
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
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Paul Torday
1946-08-01 – 2013-12-18
Life & Legacy
Paul Torday (; 1 August 1946 – 18 December 2013) was a British writer and the author of the comic novel Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. The book was the winner of the 2007 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic writing and was serialised on BBC Radio 4. It won the Waverton Good Read Award in 2008. It was made into a 2011 feature film of the same name, starring Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt.
Occupation & Career
writer, novelist, businessperson
Education
Pembroke College; Royal Grammar School
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
Education & Institutions
Pembroke College · Royal Grammar School
Verified Legacy Record
Family Child
Piers Torday
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Family Child
Nicholas Lazlo Torday
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Family Spouse
Jane Clare Mortimer
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Family Spouse
Penelope Josephine Taylor
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Sources & Provenance
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