Anthony Burgess



John Anthony Burgess Wilson

He was born in the city of Manchester, England on February 25, 1917, of a Catholic family, his mother, Elizabeth Burgess, was a singer and dancer, while his father, Joseph Wilson, played the piano in dance halls, and sold door-to-door encyclopedias.

Studies

Burgess studied English Literature at Xaverian College and the University of Manchester, graduating in 1940. That same year, he entered the Royal Army Medical Corps, and the Army Educational Corps, where he remained until 1946.

Family

During his time in the army he married Llewela Isherwood Jones in 1942. In December 1943, he had two children, Liana Macellari and Paolo Andrea.

Disease

An inoperable brain tumor with little chance of long-term life was diagnosed. This fact inspired him to write with the intention that his wife, Lynne, could live comfortably on the income from the royalties. He retired from teaching and became a full-time writer, living with the disease for several years.

Literary career

He wrote five and a half novels in a year, after the brutal diagnosis. She wrote and published more than fifty books covering a wide variety of subjects throughout his career.

His most famous work was the novel A Clockwork Orange written in 1962.

talents and death

He had a great interest in music, which was his first passion, before devoting himself to literature. He wrote two symphonies, as well as several sonatas and concertos, achieving just fame as a composer. His ability for languages is reflected in the invention of Ulam, a fictional prehistoric language, for the film In Search of Fire (1981).

Burgess died of lung cancer in 1993.



John Anthony Burgess Wilson

He was born in the city of Manchester, England on February 25, 1917, of a Catholic family, his mother, Elizabeth Burgess, was a singer and dancer, while his father, Joseph Wilson, played the piano in dance halls, and sold door-to-door encyclopedias.

Studies

Burgess studied English Literature at Xaverian College and the University of Manchester, graduating in 1940. That same year, he entered the Royal Army Medical Corps, and the Army Educational Corps, where he remained until 1946.

Family

During his time in the army he married Llewela Isherwood Jones in 1942. In December 1943, he had two children, Liana Macellari and Paolo Andrea.

Disease

An inoperable brain tumor with little chance of long-term life was diagnosed. This fact inspired him to write with the intention that his wife, Lynne, could live comfortably on the income from the royalties. He retired from teaching and became a full-time writer, living with the disease for several years.

Literary career

He wrote five and a half novels in a year, after the brutal diagnosis. She wrote and published more than fifty books covering a wide variety of subjects throughout his career.

His most famous work was the novel A Clockwork Orange written in 1962.

talents and death

He had a great interest in music, which was his first passion, before devoting himself to literature. He wrote two symphonies, as well as several sonatas and concertos, achieving just fame as a composer. His ability for languages is reflected in the invention of Ulam, a fictional prehistoric language, for the film In Search of Fire (1981).

Burgess died of lung cancer in 1993.