Anthony burgess author biography of suzanne

BORN: 1917, Manchester, England

DIED: 1993, London, England

NATIONALITY: English

GENRE: Fiction, nonfiction, drama

MAJOR WORKS:
The Long Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy(1956–1959)
A Clockwork Orange (1962)
The Wanting Seed (1962)
Inside Mr.

Enderby (1963)
Earthly Powers (1980)

Overview

Anthony Burgess was a prolific literary figure of the twentieth century, producing a large number of novels, plays, biographies, screenplays, critical essays, and articles on an extensive array of topics.

Trained in music and interested in linguistics, Burgess frequently applied this knowledge to his writing; his fascination with language is apparent in his best-known novel, A Clockwork Orange. Burgess often examined the conflict between free will and determinism through fictional worlds that are in disarray.

Although Burgess remained pessimistic about the state of modern society, critics generally agree that his inventive humor and wordplay tempered his cynic