Anthony Burgess

Birth Name:

John Anthony Burgess Wilson

Birth Place:

Manchester, England

Profession

Writer, Music department

Wont he 1972 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Has served as a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Studied English at the Victoria University fo Manchester
Is best known as the writer of the novel "A Clockwork Orange․"
His screenplay for the film version of his book "A Clockwork Orange" was considered extremely violent and rejected by director Stanley Kubrick
Served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II
Spent some time working as a visiting professor at Princeton University, Citiy College of New York and Columbia University
Taught himself how to speak and write in the Persian language
Along with being a writer, he was an accomplished musician who produced a translation of the opera "Carmen" for the English National Opera
Has worked at the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin College in Brunei

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