Harry Hodgkinson (writer)
Harry Hodgkinson | |
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| Born | 15 March 1913 Kirkham, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 2 October 1994 (aged 81) London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist and naval intelligence officer |
| Known for | Chairman of the Anglo-Albanian Association |
Harry Hodgkinson (15 March 1913 – 2 October 1994), born Kirkham, Lancashire, was a British writer, journalist, naval intelligence officer and expert on the Balkans.
From the age of 16, he started writing for the satellite states. In 1954 he published Adriatic Sea, and in 1955 Tito between East and West. He was in correspondence with Edith Durham for many years and received some sixty letters from her. He was appointed from 1985 to be a chairman of the Anglo-Albanian Association.[1]
During his career he supported the
anti-Serb and anti-Bulgarian positions.[2]
He left many unpublished manuscripts about the Balkans.
Works
- West and East of Tito, Gollancz (1952)
- The Adriatic Sea, Macmillan (1956)
- Scanderbeg, The Centre for Albanian Studies/Learning Design; foreword by ISBN 978-1-873928-13-4
References
- ^ "Harry Hodgkinson". United Kingdom: Macmillan. 2008. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
Harry Hodgkinson (1913–1994) was a writer, journalist, naval intelligence officer, Balkan expert and from 1985 Chairman of the Anglo-Albanian Association.
- anti-Serband anti-Bulgarian positions
External links
- 1945 Harry Hodgkinson: Impressions of Albania published on Robert Elsie's web site
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