Graham Greene
Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was a British writer.
Greene was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. His family was wealthy and had owned slave plantations in Montserrat and St. Kitts.[1] He graduated with a second-class degree from Balliol College, Oxford. He was a journalist before he became a novelist.
Greene wrote novels, autobiographies, travel books, plays, screenplays, short stories and children's books. His Catholicism influenced his work.[2]
Greene had bipolar disorder.[3] He died of leukaemia in Vevey, Switzerland.
Graham Greene Media
Greene was born in Berkhamsted School where his father taught.
Graham Greene's birthplace blue plaque
Gravestone at Corseaux, Switzerland
Cover of the second German edition of The Quiet American (1956), claiming to be on sale only 8 weeks after the first edition, with the implication that the first is already sold out
Blue plaque erected in 2011 by English Heritage at 14 Clapham Common North Side, Clapham, London.
References
- ↑ "Benjamin Greene: Profile & Legacies Summary". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. UCL Department of History. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- ↑ Brennan, Michael G. (2010). Graham Greene: Fictions, Faith and Authorship. A&C Black. ISBN 978-1-84706-339-7.
- ↑ eNotes