Anthony Burgess

Writing

Born: 1917-02-25
Died: 1993-11-22
From: Manchester, England, UK
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.3

Biography

John Anthony Burgess Wilson (/ˈbɜːrdʒəs/; 25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993) was an English writer and composer. Although Burgess was primarily a comic writer, his dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange remains his best-known novel. Burgess produced a number of other novels, including the Enderby quartet, and Earthly Powers. He wrote librettos and screenplays, including the 1977 television mini-series Jesus of Nazareth. He worked as a literary critic for several publications, including The Observer and The Guardian, and wrote studies of classic writers, notably James Joyce. A versatile linguist, Burgess lectured in phonetics, and translated Cyrano de Bergerac, Oedipus Rex, and the opera Carmen, among others. Burgess was nominated and shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1973. Burgess also composed over 250 musical works; he considered himself as much a composer as an author, although he achieved considerably more success in writing. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Burgess, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Awards & Nominations7 won · 1 nominated

🏆 Won

Companion of Literature

1991
Nominated

Booker Prize

Earthly Powers

1980
🏆 Won

Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation

A Clockwork Orange

1972
🏆 Won

Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

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Christopher Award

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Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres

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Ackerley Prize