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E. M. Forster

Also known as EM Forster, E Forster, Edward Morgan Forster, Edward Forster

English novelist (1879-1970)

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E. M. Forster was an English novelist who lived from 1879 to 1970 and is remembered for his influential literary works exploring themes of social class, personal relationships, and human connection. His novels continue to be widely read and studied because they offer thoughtful examinations of early twentieth-century English society and the complexities of how people relate to one another.

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Born: 1 January 1879
Died: 7 June 1970
Works: 454

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Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK

Edward Morgan Forster OM CH (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970) was an English author. He is best known for his novels, particularly A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924). He also wrote numerous short stories, essays, speeches and broadcasts, as well as biographies and pageant plays. His short story "The Machine Stops" (1909) is often viewed as the beginning of…

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Instance of: human
Given name: Morgan
Family name: Forster
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Place of birth: London
Place of death: Coventry
Occupation: essayist
Educated at: King's College
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Order of Merit
Notable work: Where Angels Fear to Tread
Field of work: performing arts
Genre: realism
Movement: Bloomsbury Group
Image: E. M. Forster von Dora Carrington, 1924-25.jpg

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Commons category: E. M. Forster
date of birth: 1879-01-01
date of death: 1970-06-07
topic's main category: Category:E. M. Forster
cause of death: stroke
manner of death: natural causes
Commons gallery: E. M. Forster
member of: Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Literature
birth name: Edward Morgan Forster
writing language: English language
start of work period: 1901-00-00
Commons Creator page: Edward Morgan Forster
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described at URL: heritage.humanists.uk/e-m-forster
name in native language: E. M. Forster
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Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970) was an English author. He is best known for his novels, particularly A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924). He also wrote numerous short stories, essays, speeches and broadcasts, as well as biographies and pageant plays. His short story "The Machine Stops" (1909) is often viewed as the beginning of technological dystopian fiction. He also co-authored the libretto to Benjamin Britten's opera Billy Budd (1951). Many of his novels examine class differences and hypocrisy. His views as a humanist are at the heart of his work.

Considered one of the most successful English novelists of the Edwardian era, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 22 separate years. He declined a knighthood in 1949, though he received the Order of Merit upon his 90th birthday. Forster was made a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in 1953, and in 1961 he was one of the first five authors named as a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature.

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