Graham Greene
Henry Graham Greene OM CH (2 October 1904 – 3 Aprile 1991), better kent bi his pen name Graham Greene, wis an Inglis novelist regairdit bi some as ane o the great writers o the 20t century.[3][4] Combinin leeterar acclaim wi widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, baith o serious Catholic novelles, an o thrillers (or "enterteenments" as he termed them). He wis shortleetit, in 1966 an 1967, for the Nobel Prize for Leeteratur.[5][6] Throu 67 years o writins, which includit ower 25 novelles, he explored the ambivalent moral an poleetical issues o the modren warld, eften throu a Catholic perspective.
| Graham Greene | |
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| Born | Henry Graham Greene 2 October 1904 Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, Ingland |
| Dee'd | 3 Apryle 1991 (aged 86) Vevey, Swisserland |
| Thrift | Writer |
| Naitionality | British |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
| Period | 1925–1991 |
| Genre | Leeterar feection, thriller |
| Spoose | Vivien Dayrell-Browning (1927–1991, his daith; separatit frae 1947) |
| Pairtner | Catherine Walston, Lady Walston (1946–1966) Yvonne Cloetta (1966–1991) |
| Bairns | Lucy Caroline (b. 1933) Francis (b. 1936) |
References
eedit- ↑ Miller, R. H. Understanding Graham Greene. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1990. Print.
- ↑ Pendleton, Robert. Graham Greene's Conradian Masterplot. Suffolk: MacMillan Press Ltd, 1996. Print.
- ↑ Brian Diemert (27 August 1996). Graham Greene's Thrillers and the 1930s. McGill-Queen's Press. p. 5.
- ↑ Brian Diemert (27 August 1996). Graham Greene's Thrillers and the 1930s. McGill-Queen's Press. p. 183.
- ↑ Candidates for the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature
- ↑ Robert C. Steensma (1997). Encyclopedia of the Essay. Taylor & Francis. p. 264.