John Fowles
Novelist, Author
1926 – 2005
Who was John Fowles?
John Robert Fowles was an English novelist of international stature, critically positioned between modernism and postmodernism. His work reflects the influence of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, among others.
After leaving Oxford University, Fowles taught English at a school on the Greek island of Spetses, a sojourn that inspired The Magus, an instant best-seller that was directly in tune with 1960s "hippie" anarchism and experimental philosophy. This was followed by The French Lieutenant's Woman, a Victorian-era romance with a postmodern twist that was set in Lyme Regis, Dorset, where Fowles lived for much of his life. Later fictional works include The Ebony Tower, Daniel Martin, Mantissa, and A Maggot.
Fowles' books have been translated into many languages, and several adapted as films. He was named by the Times newspaper of UK as one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.
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- Born
- Mar 31, 1926
Leigh-on-Sea - Also known as
- Τζων Φώουλς
- Τζων Φόουλς
- 约翰·福尔斯
- Фаулз, Джон
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- New College, Oxford
- University of Oxford
- Bedford School
- University of Edinburgh
- Lived in
- Leigh-on-Sea
- Died
- Nov 5, 2005
Lyme Regis
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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