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Ivor Porter
Porter was brought up in the Lake District and educated at Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School and Leeds University.
In 1939 Porter was sent to Bucharest, Romania on an academic post with the Britis...view morePorter was brought up in the Lake District and educated at Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School and Leeds University.
In 1939 Porter was sent to Bucharest, Romania on an academic post with the British Council but was quickly transferred to the Legation, and remained there until it was withdrawn from Romania in February, 1941. On 1 March 1941 Porter was recruited by SOE, and was one of a covert three-man mission that was parachuted into Romania in December, 1943, to instigate resistance against the Nazis. The SOE agents were captured and held as prisoners-of-war until, on 23 August 1944, King Michael of Romania carried out his anti-German coup d'état. Porter met King Michael that night and remained in the country during the King's desperate efforts to prevent Soviet domination. In June 2008 he was awarded the Cross of the Royal House of Romania.
His novel, Operation Autonomous, was short listed for the Time-Life/Pen Award for non-fiction. In 2005 he was made Commander of the Romanian order of "Meritul Cultural".view less