Biography
Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski) was a Polish-born English novelist. Conrad is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English, though he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties (and then always with a marked Polish accent). He wrote stories and novels, predominantly with a nautical or seaboard setting, that depict trials of the human spirit by the demands of duty and honour. Conrad was a master prose stylist who brought a distinctly non-English tragic sensibility into English literature. While some of his works have a strain of romanticism, he is viewed as a precursor of modernist literature. Writing in the heyday of the British Empire, Conrad drew upon his experiences in the French and later the British Merchant Navy to create short stories and novels that reflect aspects of a worldwide empire while also plumbing the depths of the human soul. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced many authors. Films have been adapted from or inspired by Conrad's Victory, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent, An Outcast of the Islands, The Rover, The Shadow Line, The Duel, Heart of Darkness, Nostromo, Almayer's Folly.
Filmography
all 61
Movies 58
Writer 45
TV Shows 3
self 2
Snake Gas (2023)
Lone Wolf (2021)
The Lost Valley (2017)
The Young One (2016)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)
Secret Sharer (2014)
Caracas (2006)
Apocalypse Oz (2006)
Gabrielle (2005)
Lord Jim (2002)
Nostromo (1997)
Victory (1996)
Windigo (1994)
Morgen (1986)
Naufragio (1978)
The Shadow-Line (1976)
Her Return (1975)
The Shadow Line (1973)
The Rover (1967)
Lord Jim (1965)
Folio (1955)
Laughing Anne (1953)
Face to Face (1952)
The Golden Twenties (1950)
Victory (1940)
Sabotage (1937)
Tropical Nights (1931)
The Rescue (1929)
Lord Jim (1925)
Victory (1919)
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness
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Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1857-12-03
Deathday
1924-08-03 (66 years old)
Birth Name
Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
Birth Place
Terekhove, Ukraine
Religion
atheism
Height
Father
Apollo Korzeniowski
Mother
Ewa Korzeniewska
Relatives
Tadeusz Bobrowski, Stefan Bobrowski, Aniela Zagórska
Citizenships
Second Polish Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Russian Empire, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Poland
Also Known As
Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
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