Joseph Conrad
- Writing
- December 2, 1857 · Berdichev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]
- August 3, 1924
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
- Lone Wolf · Author
- Heart of Darkness · Writer
- The Lost Valley · Writer
- The Young One · Novel
- The Secret Agent · Novel, Creator
- An Outpost of Progress · Writer
- Mountain of Gold · Story
- Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau · Self
- Secret Sharer · Short Story
- Almayer's Folly · Novel
- Gabrielle · Novel
- Lord Jim · Novel
- Swept from the Sea · Novel
- Nostromo · Novel
- Victory · Novel
- The Secret Agent · Novel
- Windigo · Novel
- Heart of Darkness · Novel
- The Secret Agent · Novel
- Morgen · Story
- An Outpost of Progress · Short Story
- Un reietto delle isole · Novel
- Apocalypse Now · Novel
- Naufragio · Story
- The Duellists · Short Story
- The Shadow-Line · Story
- Arena
- The Secret Agent · Novel
- Her Return · Short Story
- The Saliva Milkshake · Novel
- Jutro · Short Story
- The Shadow Line · Story
- The End of the Tether · Novel
- Centre Play · Novel
- The Secret Sharer · Short Story
- Almayer's Folly · Novel
- Omnibus · Self
- Lord Jim · Novel
- Heart of Darkness · Novel
- Folio · Writer
- Laughing Anne · Novel
- Face to Face · Novel
- Outcast of the Islands · Novel
- The Golden Twenties · Self
- Victory · Novel
- Sabotage · Novel
- Under Western Eyes · Story
- Farornas paradis · Writer
- Tropical Nights · Novel
- Dangerous Paradise · Novel
- The Rescue · Novel
- The Silver Treasure · Novel
- Lord Jim · Writer
- Victory · Novel
- Heart of Darkness · Novel