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Joseph Conrad

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Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad is a writer born on December 2, 1857 in Berdichev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]. He died on August 3, 1924, aged 66. He is known for Apocalypse Now, Sabotage and Lord Jim. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Writing
Born
December 2, 1857
Place of birth
Berdichev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]
Died
August 3, 1924
Also known as
Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski

Biography

Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski; December 2, 1857 – August 3, 1924) was a Polish-born English novelist. Conrad is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English, though he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties (and then always with a marked Polish accent). He wrote stories and novels, predominantly with a nautical or seaboard setting, that depict trials of the human spirit by the demands of duty and honour. Conrad was a master prose stylist who brought a distinctly non-English tragic sensibility into English literature. While some of his works have a strain of romanticism, he is viewed as a precursor of modernist literature. Writing in the heyday of the British Empire, Conrad drew upon his experiences in the French and later the British Merchant Navy to create short stories and novels that reflect aspects of a worldwide empire while also plumbing the depths of the human soul. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced many authors. Films have been adapted from or inspired by Conrad's Victory, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent, An Outcast of the Islands, The Rover, The Shadow Line, The Duel, Heart of Darkness, Nostromo, Almayer's Folly.

Filmography

  1. 2018Heart of DarknessWriter
  2. 2017The Lost ValleyWriter
  3. 2016The Young OneNovel
  4. 2016The Secret AgentNovel · Creator
  5. 2016An Outpost of ProgressWriter
  6. 2014Mountain of GoldStory
  7. 2014Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreauas Self (archive footage)
  8. 2012Almayer's FollyNovel
  9. 2005GabrielleNovel
  10. 2002Lord JimNovel
  11. 1998Swept from the SeaNovel
  12. 1997NostromoNovel
  13. 1996VictoryNovel
  14. 1996The Secret AgentNovel
  15. 1994WindigoNovel
  16. 1994Heart of DarknessNovel
  17. 1992The Secret AgentNovel
  18. 1986MorgenStory
  19. 1980Un reietto delle isoleNovel
  20. 1979Apocalypse NowNovel
  21. 1978NaufragioStory
  22. 1976The Shadow-LineStory
  23. 1975The Secret AgentNovel
  24. 1975Arena1 episode
  25. 1975The Saliva MilkshakeNovel
  26. 1973The End of the TetherNovel
  27. 1973Centre PlayNovel
  28. 1972Almayer's FollyNovel
  29. 1967Omnibusas Self · 1 episode
  30. 1965Lord JimNovel
  31. 1958Heart of DarknessNovel
  32. 1955FolioWriter
  33. 1953Laughing AnneNovel
  34. 1951Outcast of the IslandsNovel
  35. 1950The Golden Twentiesas Self (archive footage)
  36. 1940VictoryNovel
  37. 1936SabotageNovel
  38. 1931Farornas paradisWriter
  39. 1931Tropical NightsNovel
  40. 1930Dangerous ParadiseNovel
  41. 1929The RescueNovel
  42. 1926The Silver TreasureNovel
  43. 1925Lord JimWriter
  44. 1919VictoryNovel