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John Galsworthy OM (/ ˈ ɡ ɔː l z w ɜːr ð i /; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. He is best known for his trilogy of novels collectively called The Forsyte Saga , and two later trilogies, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter .
John Galsworthy is best known for the novel sequence The Forsyte Saga which chronicles the lives of three generations of a large, upper-middle-class family at the turn of the 19th/20th century. Galsworthy was also a successful playwright who examined controversial ethical or social problems in plays such as Strife (1909), Justice (1910) and ...
John Galsworthy (1867–1933): English novelist and playwright; The Forsyte Saga (1906–1921) ... As a philosopher, he is known for his philosophy of science, ...
John Galsworthy (1867–1933) United Kingdom: English "for his distinguished art of narration, which takes its highest form in The Forsyte Saga" [38] novel 1933: Ivan Bunin (1870–1953) Stateless (born in Russian Empire) Russian "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing" [39]
The Forsyte Saga, first published under that title in 1922, is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by the English author John Galsworthy, who won the 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature.
John Galsworthy: 3 June 1929: 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933: Novelist 54. Samuel Alexander: 3 June 1930: 6 January 1859 – 13 September 1938: Philosopher 55. M. R. James: 3 June 1930: 1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936: Historian, Writer 56. G. M. Trevelyan: 3 June 1930: 16 February 1876 – 21 July 1962: Historian 57. Sir Charles Madden, Bt ...
Later Anatole France's left wing political views was also held against him by Wirsén. The Nobel committee recommended that the 1921 prize should be awarded to John Galsworthy, but committee member Henrik Schück successfully argued for a prize to France, who subsequently was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in literature. [5]
Lilian Sauter [1] (née Blanche Lilian Galsworthy, [2] 1 September 1864 [3] – 27 October 1924) [4] was a poet [5] and suffragist [6] who, as a 'well read and independent-minded woman', was a significant influence on the life and work of her brother John Galsworthy.