John Galsworthy (; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright.
He took a Second in Law (Jurisprudentia) at Oxford in 1889, then trained as a barrister and was called to the bar in 1890.
He took a Second in Law (Jurisprudentia) at Oxford in 1889, then trained as a barrister and was called to the bar in 1890.
During these travels he met Joseph Conrad in 1893, then the first mate of a sailing-ship moored in the harbour of Adelaide, Australia, and the two future novelists became close friends.
Galsworthy Road in Kingston, the location of Kingston Hospital, is also named for him. ==Family== Galsworthy's sister Lilian (1864–1924) was married to the German painter and lithographer Georg Sauter from 1894.
In 1895 Galsworthy began an affair with Ada Nemesis Pearson Cooper (1864–1956), the wife of his cousin Major Arthur Galsworthy.
In 1908 Galsworthy took a long lease on part of the building and it was their regular second home until 1923. ==Career== From the Four Winds, a collection of short stories, was Galsworthy's first published work in 1897.
After her divorce ten years later, they were married on 23 September 1905 and stayed together until his death in 1933.
In 1908 Galsworthy took a long lease on part of the building and it was their regular second home until 1923. ==Career== From the Four Winds, a collection of short stories, was Galsworthy's first published work in 1897.
In an article for The Daily News on 31 August 1914 Galsworthy called for war on Germany to protect Belgium.
He opposed hunting and supported the League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports. ===Honours=== In 1921 Galsworthy was elected as the first president of the PEN International literary club and was appointed to the Order of Merit in 1929.
In 1908 Galsworthy took a long lease on part of the building and it was their regular second home until 1923. ==Career== From the Four Winds, a collection of short stories, was Galsworthy's first published work in 1897.
by Christopher Menaul, starring Gina McKee, Damian Lewis, Rupert Graves, and Corin Redgrave, 13 parts. The White Monkey was made into a silent film of the same name in 1925, directed by Phil Rosen, and starring Barbara La Marr, Thomas Holding, and Henry Victor. The Skin Game was adapted and directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1931.
He opposed hunting and supported the League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports. ===Honours=== In 1921 Galsworthy was elected as the first president of the PEN International literary club and was appointed to the Order of Merit in 1929.
France, Helen Haye, Jill Esmond, Edmund Gwenn, John Longden and Phyllis Konstam. Escape was filmed in 1930 and 1948.
by Christopher Menaul, starring Gina McKee, Damian Lewis, Rupert Graves, and Corin Redgrave, 13 parts. The White Monkey was made into a silent film of the same name in 1925, directed by Phil Rosen, and starring Barbara La Marr, Thomas Holding, and Henry Victor. The Skin Game was adapted and directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1931.
He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. ==Life== Galsworthy was born at what is now known as Galsworthy House (then called Parkhurst) on Kingston Hill in Surrey, England, the son of John and Blanche Bailey (née Bartleet) Galsworthy.
He was awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize for Literature, having been nominated that same year by Henrik Schück, a member of the Swedish Academy.
He was too ill to attend the Nobel Prize presentation ceremony on 10 December 1932, and died seven weeks later.
John Galsworthy (; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright.
After her divorce ten years later, they were married on 23 September 1905 and stayed together until his death in 1933.
The screenplay was by Philip Dunne. One More River (a film version of Galsworthy's Over the River) was filmed by James Whale in 1934.
Patrick Campbell in a rare sound film appearance. The First and the Last, a short play, was adapted as 21 Days, starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. Galsworthy's short story The Apple Tree was adapted into a radio play for Orson Welles' Lady Esther Almanac radio series on CBS, first broadcast on 12 January 1942; the play was again produced by Welles for CBS on The Mercury Summer Theatre of 6 September 1946.
Patrick Campbell in a rare sound film appearance. The First and the Last, a short play, was adapted as 21 Days, starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. Galsworthy's short story The Apple Tree was adapted into a radio play for Orson Welles' Lady Esther Almanac radio series on CBS, first broadcast on 12 January 1942; the play was again produced by Welles for CBS on The Mercury Summer Theatre of 6 September 1946.
France, Helen Haye, Jill Esmond, Edmund Gwenn, John Longden and Phyllis Konstam. Escape was filmed in 1930 and 1948.
The popularity of his fiction waned quickly after his death, but the hugely successful black-and-white television adaptation The Forsyte Saga in 1967 renewed interest in his work. ===Legacy=== A number of John Galsworthy's letters and papers are held at the University of Birmingham Special Collections. In 2007, Kingston University opened a new building named in recognition of his local birth.
The popularity of his fiction waned quickly after his death, but the hugely successful black-and-white television adaptation The Forsyte Saga in 1967 renewed interest in his work. ===Legacy=== A number of John Galsworthy's letters and papers are held at the University of Birmingham Special Collections. In 2007, Kingston University opened a new building named in recognition of his local birth.
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