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About Anthony Burgess

Birth

1917

Death

1993

First book

1956

Years writing

70

John Anthony Burgess Wilson was an English writer and composer.

Anthony Burgess was a multifaceted artist who excelled in both literature and musical composition.

His most famous work, A Clockwork Orange, achieved global fame following its controversial film adaptation.

Throughout his prolific career, he wrote over 170 works spanning genres from science fiction to children's literature.

In addition to being a novelist, he worked as a literary critic, translator, screenwriter, and phonetics lecturer.

He published some of his work under the pseudonym Joseph Kell to explore new facets of his writing.