John Seymour (forfatter)

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John Seymour (12. juni 1914 – 14. september 2004) var en engelsk indflydelsesrig person indenfor selvforsyningstanken. Han var forfatter, tv-personlighed , miljøaktivist, landbrugsreformist, husmand. Han var modstander af forbrugersamfundet, industrialiseringen, genmodifikationer, byer, biler og fortaler for selvhjulpenhed, personligt ansvar, selvforsyning, selskabelighed, havebrug og bekymrede sig for Jorden og jord.

Gård hvor John Seymour boede i 1970'erne.

John Seymour
Født	12. juni 1914 London, Storbritannien
Død	14. september 2004 (90 år) County Wexford, Irland
Uddannelse og virke
Uddannelses­sted	Imperial College London
Beskæftigelse	Landmand, miljøaktivist, forfatter
Fagområde	Selvforsyning
Bevægelse	Økologisme
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Han har skrevet 41 bøger, men er især kendt på grund af hans bøger om selvforsyning.

Hans bog Den nye komplette håndbog i selvforsyning fra 1976 har bl.a. inspireret Frank Erichsen fra DR2's program Bonderøven til at starte sit liv som selvforsnyet.

Bibliografi

• The Hard Way to India (1951). London: Eyre & Spottiswoode.
• Boys in the Bundu (1955) London: Harrap. (With illustrations by Sally Seymour)
• Round About India (1955). London: Eyre & Spottiswoode.
• One Man's Africa (1956). London: Eyre & Spottiswoode.
• Sailing Through England (1956). London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. (With illustrations by Sally Seymour)
• The Fat of the Land (1961). London: Faber & Faber. (With illustrations by Sally Seymour)
• On My Own Terms (1963). London: Faber & Faber. An autobiography.
• Willynilly to the Baltic (1965). Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons.
• Voyage into England (1966). Newton Abbott: David & Charles.
• The Companion Guide to East Anglia (1970). London: Collins.
• About Pembrokeshire (1971). TJ Whalley.
• The Book of Boswell - autobiography of a gypsy (1970). London: Gollancz. (Author: Silvester Gordon Boswell, Ed. John Seymour)
• Self-Sufficiency (1973). London: Faber & Faber. (With Sally Seymour.) The original self-sufficiency guide.
• Farming for Self-Sufficiency - Independence on a 5-Acre Farm (1973). Schocken Books. (with Sally Seymour) (the American version of 'Self-sufficiency')
• The Companion Guide to the Coast of South-West England (1974). London: Collins.
• The Companion Guide to the Coast of North-East England (1974). London: Collins.
• The Companion Guide to the Coast of South-East England (1975). London: Collins.
• The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency. London: Faber & Faber. 1976.
• Bring Me My Bow (1977). London: Turnstone Books.
• Keep It Simple (1977). Pant Mawr: Black Pig Press.
• The Countryside Explained (1977). London: Faber & Faber. (With illustrations by Sally Seymour)
• I’m A Stranger Here Myself - the story of a Welsh farm (1978). London: Faber & Faber. (With illustrations by Sally Seymour)
• The Self-Sufficient Gardener (1978). London: Dorling Kindersley
• John Seymour's Gardening Book (1978). London: G.Whizzard: Distributed by Deutsch.
• Gardener's Delight (1978). London: Michael Joseph.
• Getting It Together - a guide for new settlers (1980). London: Michael Joseph.
• The Lore of the Land (1982). Weybridge: Whittet. (With illustrations by Sally Seymour.)
• Die Lerchen singen so schön (1982). München: Heyne Science Fiction Bibliothek (English version, unpublished: The Larks They Sang Melodious, novel)
• The Woodlander (1983). London: Sidgwick & Jackson. (With illustrations by Sally Seymour.)
• The Smallholder (1983). London: Sidgwick & Jackson. (With illustrations by Sally Seymour.)
• The Shepherd (1983). London: Sidgwick & Jackson. (With illustrations by Sally Seymour.)
• The Forgotten Arts (1984). London: Dorling Kindersley.
• Far from Paradise - the story of man's impact on the environment (1986). London: BBC Publications. (with Herbert Girardet)
• Blueprint for a Green Planet' (1987). London: Dorling Kindersley. (med Herbert Girardet)
• The Forgotten Household Crafts (1987). London: Dorling Kindersley.
• England Revisited - a countryman's nostalgic journey (1988). London: Dorling Kindersley.
• The Ultimate Heresy (1989). Bideford: Green Books.
• Changing Lifestyles - living as though the world mattered (1991). London: Gollancz.
• Rural Life - pictures from the past (1991). London: Collins & Brown.
• Blessed Isle - one man's Ireland (1992). London: Collins.
• Seymour's Seamarks (1995). Rye: Academic Inn Books. (med illustrationer afConnie Lindquist)
• Retrieved from the Future (1996). London: New European,
• Rye from the Water's Edge (1996). Rye: Academic Inn Books. (med illustrationer af Connie Lindquist)
• Playing It For Laughs - a book of doggerel (1999). San Francisco: Metanoia Press. (med illustrationer afKate Seymour)
• The Forgotten Arts And Crafts (2001). London: Dorling Kindersley.
• The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency (2002). London: Dorling Kindersley. (med Will Sutherland)
• The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It (2003). London: Dorling Kindersley. (med Will Sutherland)
• The Fat of the Land (2008). Carningli Press (med illustrationer af Sally Seymour)
• I'm a Stranger Here Myself The Story of a Welsh Farm (2011). Carningli Press (cover af Sally Seymour)
• The Fat of the Land (2017). Little Toller Books, ny udgave med forord af Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

På dansk

• Den nye komplette håndbog i selvforsyning, (2010) ISBN 978-87-02-09303-2 (med forord af Frank Erichsen)
• Den selvforsynende have, ISBN 87-02-01733-4

Eksterne henvisninger

• Carningli Press – information on John Seymour and the Seymour family Arkiveret 7. september 2011 hos Wayback Machine
• Obituary: John Seymour | Money | The Guardian nekrolog

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