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    Ella Maillart

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    Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of. ↗


    — Ella Maillart

    #afraid #also #bit #desire #something

    We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board that mysterious ship called life. ↗


    — Ella Maillart

    #board #called #deeper #develop #greater

    We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children. ↗


    — Ella Maillart

    #earth #feel #house #like #our

    When I crossed Asia with my friend Peter Fleming, we spoke to no one but each other during many months, and we covered exactly the same ground. Nevertheless my journey differed completely from his. ↗


    — Ella Maillart

    #completely #covered #crossed #differed #during

    When I look at something, it is certain that for an instant I am one with what I see. ↗


    — Ella Maillart

    #certain #i #i am #i see #instant

    When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes. ↗


    — Ella Maillart

    #language #latitudes #same #speaks #under

    Words are impotent to describe certain emotions. ↗


    — Ella Maillart

    #describe #emotions #words






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    Her early books were written in French but later Ella Maillart began to write in English. Publications concerning Ella Maillart
    News from Tartary by Peter Fleming 1936
    Mount Ida by Monk Gibbon 1948
    A Forgotten Journey by Peter Fleming 1952


    Honours
    Prix Schiller Switzerland (1953)
    Sir Percy Sykes Memorial Medal of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs London (1955)
    Prix quadriennal de la Ville de Genève (1987)
    Prix littéraire Alexandra David-Neel (1989)
    Grand Prix du Livre maritime Festival de Concarneau (1991)
    Prix et Médaille Léon Dewez de la Société de Géographie de Paris (1994). Life
    Ella Maillart had been captain of the Swiss Women's land hockey team and was an international skier.

    Maillart; February 20 1903 Geneva – March 27 1997 Chandolin) was a French-speaking Swiss adventurer travel writer and photographer as well as a sportswoman.

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