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Born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, Irish writer Oscar Wilde is best known for the novel
The Picture of Dorian Gray and the play The Importance of Being Earnest, as well as for
his infamous arrest and imprisonment for being different.
Author Oscar Wilde published several acclaimed works, including The Picture of
Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest.
Virginia Woolf Author, Journalist (1882–1941)
English Writer Virginia Woolf became famous for her nonlinear prose style,
especially noted in her novels Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse.
Born into a privileged English household in 1882, writer Virginia Woolf was raised
by free-thinking parents. She began writing as a young girl and published her first
novel, The Voyage Out, in 1915. Her nonlinear, free form prose style inspired her
peers and earned her much praise. She was also known for her mood swings and
bouts of deep depression.
Jack London Author, Journalist (1876–1916
Jack London was a 19th century American author and journalist, best known for the
adventure novels White Fang and The Call of the Wild.
Jack London was born John Griffith Chaney on January 12, 1876, in San Francisco,
California. After working in the Klondike, London returned home and began publishing
stories.
His novels, including The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Martin Eden, placed London
among the most popular American authors of his time. London, who was also a journalist
and an outspoken socialist, died in 1916.
William Golding Author (1911–1993)
William Golding was born September 19, 1911, in
Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.
In 1935 he started teaching English and philosophy
in Salisbury. He temporarily left teaching in 1940 to
join the Royal Navy.
In 1954 he published his first novel, Lord of the Flies.
In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for
Literature.
On June 19, 1993, he died in Perranarworthal,
Cornwall, England.
British novelist William Golding
wrote the critically acclaimed
classic Lord of the Flies, and
was awarded the Nobel Prize
for Literature in 1983.
James Joyce Author (1882–1941)
James Joyce was an Irish, modernist writer who wrote in
a ground-breaking style that was known both for its
complexity and explicit content.
Joyce was one of the most revered writers of the
20th century, whose landmark book, Ulysses, is
often hailed as one of the finest novels ever written.
His exploration of language and new literary forms
showed not only his genius as a writer but spawned
a fresh approach for novelists, one that drew heavily
on Joyce's love of the stream-of-consciousness James Joyce was born on February 2,
technique and the examination of big events 1882 in Dublin, Ireland. He
through small happenings in everyday lives. published "Portrait of the Artist" in
1916 and caught the attention of
Ezra Pound. With "Ulysses," Joyce
perfected his stream-of-
consciousness style and became a
literary celebrityJ. He died in 1941.