Anthony Burgess
Britse skrywer
John Anthony Burgess Wilson, FRSL (/ˈbɜːrdʒəs/;[1] 25 Februarie 1917 – 22 November 1993), wat gepubliseer het onder die naam Anthony Burgess, was 'n Engelse skrywer en komponis.
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Gebore | John Anthony Burgess Wilson 25 Februarie 1917 Engeland, Verenigde Koninkryk |
Sterf | 22 November 1993 (op 76) Londen, Engeland |
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Beroep | Skrywer |
Bekend vir | A Clockwork Orange |
Termyn | 1956–1993 |
Sy distopiese roman A Clockwork Orange is sy bekendste boek. In 1971 het Stanley Kubrick die verhaal in 'n rolprent omskep.
Burgess het ook meer as 250 musiekwerke gekomponeer; hy beskou homself beide 'n skrywer en komponis, hoewel hy aansienlik meer sukses behaal het met sy boeke.[2]
BibliografieWysig
- Time for a Tiger (1956)
- The Enemy in the Blanket (1958)
- Beds in the East (1959)
- The Right to an Answer (1960)
- The Doctor is Sick (1960)
- The Worm and the Ring (1961)
- Devil of a State (1961)
- (as Joseph Kell) One Hand Clapping (1961)
- A Clockwork Orange (1962)
- The Wanting Seed (1962)
- Honey for the Bears (1963)
- (as Joseph Kell) Inside Mr. Enderby (1963)
- The Eve of St. Venus (1964)
- Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare's Love Life (1964)
- A Vision of Battlements (1965)
- Tremor of Intent: An Eschatological Spy Novel (1966)
- Enderby Outside (1968)
- M/F (1971)
- Napoleon Symphony: A Novel in Four Movements (1974)
- The Clockwork Testament, or Enderby's End (1974)
- Beard's Roman Women (1976)
- Abba Abba (1977)
- 1985 (1978)
- Man of Nazareth (1979)
- Earthly Powers (1980)
- The End of the World News: An Entertainment (1982)
- Enderby's Dark Lady, or No End of Enderby (1984)
- The Kingdom of the Wicked (1985)
- The Pianoplayers (1986)
- Any Old Iron (1988)
- Mozart and the Wolf Gang (1991)
- A Dead Man in Deptford (1993)
- Byrne: A Novel (1995)
VerwysingsWysig
- ↑ "Anthony Burgess". oxfordlearnersdictionaries (in Engels). Geargiveer vanaf die oorspronklike op 1 Augustus 2019. Besoek op 26 September 2018.
- ↑ "Burgess... the Composer", The International Anthony Burgess Foundation (IABF).