Trivia

As of 2016, three films adapted from his novels were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Pasaje a la India (1984), Un romance indiscreto (1985) and El fin del juego (1992).

His novel "Maurice" was written before the outbreak of the First World War, but Forster refused to let it be published until after his death, as it dealt with the then-taboo subject of homosexuality.

Educated at Tonbridge School, Kent. The E.M. Forster Theatre opened at the school in 2000.

English novelist, story writer, essayist and critic. He ceased writing novels in 1924 after publishing his most famous work, "A Passage to India". Most of his books evoke a nostalgic feeling for the Edwardian era. Forster also wrote the libretto for Britten's opera "Billy Budd".