John Fowles (1926–2005)
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John Fowles was born in Essex, England, in 1926. He attended the University of Edinburgh for a short time, left to serve in the Royal Marines, and then returned to school at Oxford University, where he received a B.A. in French in 1950. Fowles taught English in France and Greece, as well as at St. näytä lisää Godric's College in London. Although the main theme in all Fowles's fiction is freedom, there are few other similarities in his books. He has deliberately chosen to explore a different style or genre for each novel: The Collector, his first novel, is an intellectual thriller; The Magus is an adolescent learning novel, tracing the emotional development of the central character; Daniel Martin tries, in the modernist style, to depict psychological reality; Mantissa is a comedic allegory that takes place entirely inside the narrator's head; Maggot combines mystery, science fiction, and history; and The Ebony Tower is a collection of short stories. Fowles explored yet another genre, historical fiction, with his best-known novel, The French Lieutenant's Woman, which received the W. H. Smith Literary Award in 1970 and was made into a movie, starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons, in 1981. An intriguing feature of this novel is that it has three different endings. Fowles's nonfiction includes Aristos: A Self Portrait in Ideas; Poems; and Wormholes: Essays and Other Occasional Writings. In addition, he has written the text for several books of photographs, including The Tree, for which Fowles received the Christopher Award in 1982. He died on November 5, 2005 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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- Kanoninen nimi
- Fowles, John
- Virallinen nimi
- Fowles, John Robert
- Syntymäaika
- 1926-03-31
- Kuolinaika
- 2005-11-05
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- Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta
- Maa (karttaa varten)
- England, UK
- Syntymäpaikka
- Leigh upon Sea, Essex, England, Uk
- Kuolinpaikka
- Lyme Regis, Dorset, England
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- Leighton-at-Sea, Essex, GB
Lyme Regis, Dorset, GB - Koulutus
- Bedford School, Bedford, England
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- Times 50 Top Writers Since 1945 (30)
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- John Fowles, geboren in 1926, studeerde aan de universiteit van Oxford, waar hij later Frans doceerde. Op zesendertigjarige leeftijd werd hij plotseling beroemd door het succes van zijn eerste roman The Collector (1963). Zijn faam werd nog bevestigd door de verfilming van dit eerste boek en door de twee lijvige romans die volgden: The Magus (De magiër, 1966) en The French Lietenant’s Woman (Het liefje van de Franse luitenant, 1969). Vooral dit laatste boek bezorgde Fowles in de Verenigde Staten een ongekend grote populariteit. In 1974 verscheen Fowles’ tot nu toe laatste boek, de novellenbundel The Ebony Tower (De ebbehouten toren). Fowles woont tegenwoordig in de Zuid-engelse badplaats Lyme Regis, waar zich ook een groot gedeelte van Het liefje van de Franse luitenant afspeelt (flaptekst).
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June Group Read: The Magus (John Fowles), 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (heinäkuu 2016)
Group Read, November 2015: The Collector, 1001 Books to read before you die (marraskuu 2015)
1001 Group Read - June, 2013: The French Lieutenant's Woman, 1001 Books to read before you die (marraskuu 2013)
Fowles' The Magus, Someone explain it to me... (maaliskuu 2010)
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John Fowles was bom in England in 1926 and educated at Bedford School and the University of Oxford, where he read French. He has been a full'-time writer, since 1963, the year in which The Collector brought him international fame as a novelist. The book was a best-seller ' in Britain and America and has been published in fourteen languages. After The Aristos, ‘a self-portrait in ideas’ (1965), came The Magus (1966), a Book Society Choice in Britain and a US. Literary Guild Choice. Both this novel and The Collector were filmed. The French Lieutenant's Woman, set in Lyme Regis where John Fowles now lives, followed in 1969 and became ' the best-seller of the season on its appearance in the US. In 1974 three further books were published: his adaptation of Perrault’s Cendrillon of 1697, with illustrations by Sheilah Beckett; a collection of novellas entitled The Ebony Tower; and Shipwreck, which is based on photographs taken by a family of islanders who recorded the sea disasters around the coast of the Scillies. A second book relating to the Scillies, Islands, was published in 1978 with photographs by Fay Godwin. His most recent novel, Daniel Martin, was on the Sunday Times best-seller list for many weeks and was a full Book of the Month Club Choice in America.
Frank Horvat was born in Italy in 1928 and studied drawing at the Brera Academy. His first photographic essay was published by Epoca in 1951 and his first colour photograph was used by that magazine as a cover. Although he has lived and worked in France for many years, he travels extensively and has produced work for most of the leading European and American publications. He was the first to apply the 35mm camera and reportage techniques to fashion photography, creating a newand more realistic style which profoundly influenced the development of this field in England, France and the USA. In 1961 he published two books, Television and Strip-Tease. More recently he has devoted his attention to making experimental films in addition to his work in reportage and fashion. The exhibition, ‘Trees; was held at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Nantes in 1977.… (lisätietoja)