Graham Greene
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Graham Greene was a British writer, playwright, and literary critic who lived from 1904 to 1991 and became one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century. His novels exploring themes of morality, faith, and human conflict earned him worldwide recognition and continue to be widely read and studied today.
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- Born
- 2 October 1904
- Died
- 3 April 1991
- Works
- 948
Top works
- מסעותי עם דודתי
- Why Do I Write? An Exchange of Views Between Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene and V.S. Pritchett
- The best horror stories
- The contrary experience
- The little horse bus
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Film & TV
Writing · Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Died: April 3, 1991 (age 86) in Corseaux, Vaud, Switzerland
Known for
- A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley — Self2013
- Earth and the American Dream — Reader (voice)1992
- Day for Night — English Insurer (uncredited)1973
- Omnibus - Graham Greene: The Hunted Man — Himself (voice)1968
- Omnibus — Self (voice)1967
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Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading novelists of the 20th century.
Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers (or "entertainments" as he termed them). He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times. Through 67 years of writing, which included over 25 novels, he explored the conflicting moral and political issues of the modern world. The Power and the Glory won the 1941 Hawthornden Prize and The Heart of the Matter won the 1948 James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Best of the James Tait Black. Greene was awarded the 1968 Shakespeare Prize and the 1981 Jerusalem Prize. Several of his stories have been filmed, some more than once, and he collaborated with filmmaker Carol Reed on The Fallen Idol (1948) and The Third Man (1949).
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1904 births1991 deaths20th-century English dramatists and playwrights20th-century English essayists20th-century English memoirists20th-century English novelists20th-century English screenwriters20th-century English short story writersAlumni of Balliol College, OxfordBritish emigrants to SwitzerlandChristian novelistsCommandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres