- Data di nascita
- Data di morte3 agosto 1924 · Oswalds, Bishopsbourne, Inghilterra, Regno Unito (attacco cardiaco)
- Nome alla nascitaJózef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
- Joseph Conrad è nato il 3 dicembre 1857. Luogo di nascita: Berdichev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [ora Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]. È conosciuto come sceneggiatore. È celebre per aver partecipato a I duellanti (1977), Untitled Amazon Rainforest Project e Sabotaggio (1936). È stata sposato con Jessie George. Morì il 3 agosto 1924. Luogo di morte: Inghilterra, Regno Unito.
- ConiugeJessie George(1896 - 3 agosto 1924) (morte del marito, 4 bambini)
- Genitori
- His novels almost almost always take place at sea
- His writing is often deeply psychological and rarely reflects any romance or relationships.
- Did not publish his first novel until he was age 37.
- Was a perfectionist: He would often spend hours trying to find the right word for every sentence.
- He allegedly declined knighthood for his services to literature.
- He did not speak English for much of his adult life and learned by listening to sailors on his voyages.
- Spoke Russian, Polish, French and English fluently.
- The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.
- The sea has never been a friendly man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.
- We live, as we dream - alone.
- A belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
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