Anthony Burgess

Anthony Burgess

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Born 1917-02-25 Manchester, England, UK 5 credit(s) Popularity 0.5
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 Nazare...
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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.

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Jesus of Nazareth poster
Jesus of Nazareth
as Writer
1977-03-27
Apostrophes poster
Apostrophes
as Self
1975-01-10
Le Grand Échiquier poster
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1972-01-12
The Dick Cavett Show poster
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968-06-06
Omnibus poster
Omnibus
as Self
1967-10-13

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