Anthony Burgess
Writing
- Born
- February 25, 1917 · Manchester, England, UK
- Died
- November 22, 1993 (age 76)
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.
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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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Known for
Behind the camera4
- 2008Cyrano de Bergerac Writer
- 1976Moses the Lawgiver Screenplay
- 1971A Clockwork Orange Novel
- 1965Vinyl Novel
Acting8
- 2024A Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy as Self (archive footage)
- 2011Once Upon a Time… A Clockwork Orange as Self (archive footage)
- 2000Still Tickin': The Return of 'A Clockwork Orange' as Self (archive footage)
- 1988James Joyce's 'Ulysses' as Self
- 1984