Gavin Maxwell FRSL, FIAL, FZS (Sc. ), FRGS was a Scottish naturalist and author, best known for his work with otters. He wrote the book Ring of Bright Water (1960) about how he brought an otter back from Iraq and raised it in Scotland. Ring of Bright Water sold more than a million copies and was made into a movie starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna in 1969.

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  • Gavin Maxwell FRSL, FIAL, FZS (Sc. ), FRGS was a Scottish naturalist and author, best known for his work with otters. He wrote the book Ring of Bright Water (1960) about how he brought an otter back from Iraq and raised it in Scotland. Ring of Bright Water sold more than a million copies and was made into a movie starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna in 1969. The title 'Ring of Bright Water' was taken from a poem by Kathleen Raine (1908–2003) who said in her autobiography that Maxwell had been the love of her life.
  • Gavin Maxwell fut un naturaliste et écrivain écossais, connu pour ses travaux sur les loutres d'Europe. Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il fut instructeur pour le Special Operations Executive. Il écrivit le livre Ring of Bright Water (1960), dans lequel il raconte comment il rapporta une loutre d'Irak et l'éleva en Écosse. Ce livre fut vendu à plus d'un million d'exemplaires et donna lieu à un film avec Bill Travers et Virginia McKenna, en 1969. Le titre Ring of Bright Water venait d'un poème de Kathleen Raine (1908-2003) qui a dit dans son autobiographie que Maxwell avait été l'amour de sa vie. Pour accéder à des photographies de Gavin Maxwell, se reporter au paragraphe Liens externes en fin d'article.
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  • Gavin Maxwell FRSL, FIAL, FZS (Sc. ), FRGS was a Scottish naturalist and author, best known for his work with otters. He wrote the book Ring of Bright Water (1960) about how he brought an otter back from Iraq and raised it in Scotland. Ring of Bright Water sold more than a million copies and was made into a movie starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna in 1969.
  • Gavin Maxwell fut un naturaliste et écrivain écossais, connu pour ses travaux sur les loutres d'Europe. Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il fut instructeur pour le Special Operations Executive. Il écrivit le livre Ring of Bright Water (1960), dans lequel il raconte comment il rapporta une loutre d'Irak et l'éleva en Écosse. Ce livre fut vendu à plus d'un million d'exemplaires et donna lieu à un film avec Bill Travers et Virginia McKenna, en 1969.
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