C. S. Forester
Writing
- Born
- August 27, 1899 · Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt [now Egypt]
- Died
- April 2, 1966 (age 66)
Cecil Scott "C.S." Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 — 2 April 1966), an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of naval warfare. His most notable works were the 11-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era, and The African Queen (1935; filmed in 1951 by John Huston). His novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.
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Known for
Greyhound
July 9, 2020
The African Queen
January 7, 1952
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
April 10, 1951
Sink the Bismarck!
February 11, 1960
Hornblower: The Even Chance
October 7, 1998
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
November 18, 1998
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
April 2, 1999
The Pride and the Passion
July 10, 1957
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
February 24, 1999
Hornblower: Mutiny
April 8, 2001
Hornblower: Retribution
April 15, 2001
Hornblower: Loyalty
January 5, 2003
Behind the camera21
- 2020Greyhound Novel
- 2003Hornblower: Duty Novel
- 2003Hornblower: Loyalty Novel
- 2001Hornblower: Retribution Author
- 2001Hornblower: Mutiny Author
- 1999Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters Author
- 1999Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil Author
- 1998Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant Novel
- 1998Hornblower: The Even Chance Novel
- 1977The African Queen