Happy Birthday Joseph Conrad
December 3rd, 2006
According to Answers.com, Joseph Conrad was born (Jósef Teodor Konrad Walecz Korzeniowski) today – “(born Dec. 3, 1857, Berdichev, Ukraine, Russian Empire-died Aug. 3, 1924, Canterbury, Kent, Eng.) Polish-British novelist and short-story writer. His father was a Polish patriot who was exiled to northern Russia, and Conrad was an orphan by age 12.”
His long short story, “Heart of Darkness,” was one of my favorites for many years.
Many years later, it was that 1902 novella that inspired “Apocalypse Now,” the 1979 Vietnam movie by Francis Ford Coppola.
Encyclopedia notes that his works include:
“Lord Jim (1900), and the novellas Youth (1902), Heart of Darkness (1902), and Typhoon (1903). The novels Nostromo (1904), The Secret Agent (1907), Under Western Eyes (1911), and Chance (1913) are regarded by many as Conrad's greatest works. Of his later works, Victory (1915) is the best known. He also collaborated on two novels with Ford Madox Ford, The Inheritors (1901) and Romance (1903).”
Marked by a distinctive, opulent prose style, Conrad's novels combine realism and high drama. Their settings include nautical backgrounds as well as high society, and international politics. Conrad was a skilled creator of atmosphere and character; the impact of various situations was augmented by his use of symbolism. He portrayed acutely the conflict between non-western cultures and modern civilization. His characters exhibit the possibilities for isolation and moral deterioration in modern life.
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December 3rd, 2006
According to Answers.com, Joseph Conrad was born (Jósef Teodor Konrad Walecz Korzeniowski) today – “(born Dec. 3, 1857, Berdichev, Ukraine, Russian Empire-died Aug. 3, 1924, Canterbury, Kent, Eng.) Polish-British novelist and short-story writer. His father was a Polish patriot who was exiled to northern Russia, and Conrad was an orphan by age 12.”
His long short story, “Heart of Darkness,” was one of my favorites for many years.
Many years later, it was that 1902 novella that inspired “Apocalypse Now,” the 1979 Vietnam movie by Francis Ford Coppola.
Encyclopedia notes that his works include:
“Lord Jim (1900), and the novellas Youth (1902), Heart of Darkness (1902), and Typhoon (1903). The novels Nostromo (1904), The Secret Agent (1907), Under Western Eyes (1911), and Chance (1913) are regarded by many as Conrad's greatest works. Of his later works, Victory (1915) is the best known. He also collaborated on two novels with Ford Madox Ford, The Inheritors (1901) and Romance (1903).”
Marked by a distinctive, opulent prose style, Conrad's novels combine realism and high drama. Their settings include nautical backgrounds as well as high society, and international politics. Conrad was a skilled creator of atmosphere and character; the impact of various situations was augmented by his use of symbolism. He portrayed acutely the conflict between non-western cultures and modern civilization. His characters exhibit the possibilities for isolation and moral deterioration in modern life.
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