Paris Review Publishes Conversation on Travel Writer Jan Morris

The Paris Review has published a conversation with Sara Wheeler discussing the life and work of Jan Morris, the acclaimed British travel writer and historian who died in 2020. Wheeler characterizes Morris as "a Forrest Gumpian figure," referring to Morris's presence at numerous significant historical moments throughout her long career. Morris, who transitioned in the 1970s and wrote candidly about her experience in the memoir "Conundrum," was known for her literary travel writing and for breaking the news of Edmund Hillary's successful Mount Everest ascent in 1953 as a correspondent for The Times. The conversation explores Morris's wide-ranging career and her unique position in twentieth-century letters and journalism.