Anthony Burgess

Biography

John Anthony Burgess Wilson (25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993) was an English writer and composer. Although Burgess was primarily a comic writer, his dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange remains his best-known novel. In 1971, it was adapted into a controversial film by Stanley Kubrick, which Burgess said was chiefly responsible for the popularity of the book. Burgess produced a number of other novels, including the Enderby quartet, and Earthly Powers. He wrote librettos and screenplays, including the 1977 television mini-series Jesus of Nazareth. He worked as a literary critic for several publications, including The Observer and The Guardian, and wrote studies of classic writers, notably James Joyce. A versatile linguist, Burgess lectured in phonetics, and translated Cyrano de Bergerac, Oedipus Rex, and the opera Carmen, among others. Burgess was nominated and shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1973. Burgess also composed over 250 musical works; he considered himself as much a composer as an author, although he achieved considerably more success in writing. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Burgess, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Once Upon a Time… A Clockwork Orange

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Still Tickin': The Return of 'A Clockwork Orange'

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Omnibus

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Apostrophes

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All My Loving

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Le Grand Échiquier

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À propos de 'La guerre du feu'

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Lots of Fun at Finnegans Wake, with Anthony Burgess

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Make It New - a portrait of Anthony Burgess

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