Paul Spencer Sochaczewski is an American-French writer, writing instructor, conservationist, and international non-governmental organization communications expert. He currently resides in Geneva, Switzerland, but has lived and worked in over 80 countries, including extended stays in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. Paul can speak Bahasa Indonesia.
Paul wrote "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion. The book is currently an Amazon No. 1 best-selling New Release. This "enhanced biography" records the story of Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's assistant. Wallace was one of the world's greatest naturalists; it is unlikely he would have been as successful as he was without the support of this teenager from Borneo. We all have an Ali in our lives—someone who has opened doors and eased our paths but perhaps has not received sufficient recognition and thanks.
Paul also is the writer of "An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles", a personal trip journey in Alfred Russel Wallace's footsteps, was released in 2012.
Robin Hanbury-Tenison, founder of Survival International: “Sochaczewski, an explorer of ideas, offers informed, sometimes edgy, always accessible illustrations of issues Wallace cared about deeply.”
Jim Thorsell, senior advisor on the World Heritage convention to IUCN: “Reminds me of Bruce Chatwin’s Songlines and Redmond O’Hanlon’s Into the Heart of Borneo.”
Jeffrey Sayer, founding director general of the Centre for International Forestry Research in Bogor and professor of conservation and development at James Cook University: “This book occupies a new category of non-fiction – part personal travelogue, part incisive biography of Wallace, part unexpected traveller’s tales.”
Source: https://www.sochaczewski.com/
You may email Paul at pauls@iprolink.ch
Feel free to send a message to jtasirin@unsrat.ac.id for further information.
Certificate of Attendance [google drive]
