Joseph Conrad
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- December 2, 1857
- Died
- August 3, 1924 (aged 66)
- Birthplace
- Berdichev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]
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.
Known For
Filmography
Heart of Darkness
Movie · Novel
Lone Wolf
Movie · Author
Heart of Darkness
Movie · Writer
The Lost Valley
Movie · Writer
The Young One
Movie · Novel
An Outpost of Progress
Movie · Writer
The Secret Agent
TV · Novel · 3 eps
Mountain of Gold
Movie · Story
Secret Sharer
Movie · Short Story
Almayer's Folly
Movie · Novel
Gabrielle
Movie · Novel
Lord Jim
Movie · Novel
Swept from the Sea
Movie · Novel
Nostromo
TV · Novel · 3 eps
Victory
Movie · Novel
The Secret Agent
Movie · Novel
Heart of Darkness
Movie · Novel
Windigo
Movie · Novel
The Secret Agent
Movie · Novel
Morgen
Movie · Story
An Outpost of Progress
Movie · Short Story
Un reietto delle isole
Movie · Novel
Apocalypse Now
Movie · Novel
Naufragio
Movie · Story
The Duellists
Movie · Short Story
The Shadow-Line
Movie · Story
Her Return
Movie · Short Story
The Secret Agent
Movie · Novel
The Saliva Milkshake
Movie · Novel
Jutro
Movie · Short Story
The End of the Tether
Movie · Novel
The Shadow Line
Movie · Original Story
The Secret Sharer
Movie · Short Story
Centre Play
TV · Novel · 1 ep
Almayer's Folly
Movie · Novel
Lord Jim
Movie · Novel
Heart of Darkness
Movie · Novel
Folio
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Laughing Anne
Movie · Novel
Face to Face
Movie · Book
Outcast of the Islands
Movie · Novel
Victory
Movie · Novel
Sabotage
Movie · Novel
Under Western Eyes
Movie · Original Story
Farornas paradis
Movie · Writer
Tropical Nights
Movie · Novel
Dangerous Paradise
Movie · Novel
The Rescue
Movie · Novel
The Silver Treasure
Movie · Novel
Lord Jim
Movie · Writer
Victory
Movie · Novel