John Fowles (1926–2005)
Auteur van Het liefje van de Franse luitenant
Over de Auteur
John Fowles was born in Essex, England, in 1926. He attended the University of Edinburgh for a short time, left to serve in the Royal Marines, and then returned to school at Oxford University, where he received a B.A. in French in 1950. Fowles taught English in France and Greece, as well as at St. toon meer Godric's College in London. Although the main theme in all Fowles's fiction is freedom, there are few other similarities in his books. He has deliberately chosen to explore a different style or genre for each novel: The Collector, his first novel, is an intellectual thriller; The Magus is an adolescent learning novel, tracing the emotional development of the central character; Daniel Martin tries, in the modernist style, to depict psychological reality; Mantissa is a comedic allegory that takes place entirely inside the narrator's head; Maggot combines mystery, science fiction, and history; and The Ebony Tower is a collection of short stories. Fowles explored yet another genre, historical fiction, with his best-known novel, The French Lieutenant's Woman, which received the W. H. Smith Literary Award in 1970 and was made into a movie, starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons, in 1981. An intriguing feature of this novel is that it has three different endings. Fowles's nonfiction includes Aristos: A Self Portrait in Ideas; Poems; and Wormholes: Essays and Other Occasional Writings. In addition, he has written the text for several books of photographs, including The Tree, for which Fowles received the Christopher Award in 1982. He died on November 5, 2005 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van John Fowles
The Ebony Tower. Eliduc. The Enigma 8 exemplaren
Magus 3 exemplaren
Rare Antique THE COLLECTOR John Fowles FIRST BOOK 1st Edition First Print NOVEL 1963 Fiction 1 exemplaar
John Fowles: The Collector, The Magus & The French Lieutenant’s Woman: Three BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations (2022) 1 exemplaar
The Collector by John Fowles (1963-12-05) 1 exemplaar
The French Liutenant's Woman 1 exemplaar
The Man Who Made Wine 1 exemplaar
Eliduc 1 exemplaar
The Cloud 1 exemplaar
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- Gangbare naam
- Fowles, John
- Officiële naam
- Fowles, John Robert
- Geboortedatum
- 1926-03-31
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2005-11-05
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Groot-Brittannië
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- England, UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Leigh upon Sea, Essex, England, Uk
- Plaats van overlijden
- Lyme Regis, Dorset, England
- Woonplaatsen
- Leighton-at-Sea, Essex, GB
Lyme Regis, Dorset, GB - Opleiding
- Bedford School, Bedford, England
Oxford University (New College) - Beroepen
- writer
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Times 50 Top Writers Since 1945 (30)
- Korte biografie
- John Fowles, geboren in 1926, studeerde aan de universiteit van Oxford, waar hij later Frans doceerde. Op zesendertigjarige leeftijd werd hij plotseling beroemd door het succes van zijn eerste roman The Collector (1963). Zijn faam werd nog bevestigd door de verfilming van dit eerste boek en door de twee lijvige romans die volgden: The Magus (De magiër, 1966) en The French Lietenant’s Woman (Het liefje van de Franse luitenant, 1969). Vooral dit laatste boek bezorgde Fowles in de Verenigde Staten een ongekend grote populariteit. In 1974 verscheen Fowles’ tot nu toe laatste boek, de novellenbundel The Ebony Tower (De ebbehouten toren). Fowles woont tegenwoordig in de Zuid-engelse badplaats Lyme Regis, waar zich ook een groot gedeelte van Het liefje van de Franse luitenant afspeelt (flaptekst).
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June Group Read: The Magus (John Fowles) in 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (juli 2016)
Group Read, November 2015: The Collector in 1001 Books to read before you die (november 2015)
1001 Group Read - June, 2013: The French Lieutenant's Woman in 1001 Books to read before you die (november 2013)
Fowles' The Magus in Someone explain it to me... (maart 2010)
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