Английская Википедия:Chris Stewart (author)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:EngvarB Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox writer Christopher Stewart (born 27 March 1951) is a British author who was the original drummer and a founder member of Genesis. When not writing, he runs a farm, where he lives, near Orgiva in Spain.
Background and musical career
Stewart was born in Crawley and grew up in Horsham, Sussex. He was a classmate of Tony Banks and Peter Gabriel at Charterhouse in Surrey, and joined them in a school band called the Garden Wall. This was joined by classmates Mike Rutherford and Anthony Phillips to form Anon, which was renamed Genesis in January 1967. Stewart appears on Genesis's first two singles, "The Silent Sun" / "That's Me"[1] and "A Winter's Tale" / "One-Eyed Hound". Although several demos from Stewart's time with the band appear on the Genesis Archive 1967-75 box set, he is not credited with playing on any of them (though one track features drumming that may have been done by Stewart). At the recommendation of Jonathan King, Stewart was – rather inelegantly – fired from the band in the summer of 1968 due to his poor technique and was replaced by John Silver.
Farmer and author
After travelling and working throughout Europe, Stewart settled and bought a farm named El Valero in the Alpujarras region of Andalucia, where he lives and works with his wife Ana Exton and daughter Chloë. He ran for the position of local councillor in the 27 May 2007 local elections in Órgiva representing the Green Party,[2] where he received 201 votes (roughly 8 per cent).
He is now known for his autobiographical books, Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia (1999, Шаблон:ISBN) and the sequels, A Parrot In The Pepper Tree (2002, Шаблон:ISBN) and The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society (2006, Шаблон:ISBN), about his life farming in Spain. All three are also available as audiobooks (Lemons Шаблон:ISBN, Parrot Шаблон:ISBN, and Almond Шаблон:ISBN), narrated by Stewart.
In 2009, Stewart's publisher, Sort of Books, announced plans to release his memoir focused on sailing, entitled Three Ways to Capsize a Boat: An Optimist Afloat.[3] This was fulfilled as Шаблон:ISBN.[4]
In 2014, Sort Of Books published Stewart's book of stories, Last Days of the Bus Club (4 June 2014, Шаблон:ISBN), which focuses on his daughter's going to university, and his and Ana's subsequent life alone on the farm.[5] Stewart has also contributed to two books in the Rough Guides series: the Rough Guide to Andalucia and the Rough Guide to China.[6]Шаблон:Citation needed
References
External links
- Biography and news
- Шаблон:Discogs artist
- Sort of Books, a small British publisher initially founded to help Stewart publish his debut book (see About us)
- Chris Stewart's blog about thrifty-living in Spain
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ "Lemon prequel for Sort of Books" Шаблон:Webarchive, The Bookseller, 9 January 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
- ↑ Three Ways to Capsize a Boat Шаблон:Webarchive, Sort of Books. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ↑ Last Days of the Bus Club Шаблон:Webarchive, Sort of Books. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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