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  1. 9 de mai. de 2024 · Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), English writer best known for his dystopian novel Brave New World (1932). His works are notable for their wit and pessimistic satire and for their ongoing exploration of the negative and positive impacts of science and technology on 20th-century life.

  2. Há 3 dias · Huxley's descendants include children of Leonard Huxley: Sir Julian Huxley FRS was the first Director of UNESCO and a notable evolutionary biologist and humanist. Aldous Huxley was a famous author ( Brave New World 1932, Eyeless in Gaza 1936, The Doors of Perception 1954).

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_DoorsThe Doors - Wikipedia

    Há 5 dias · The band took its name from the title of English writer Aldous Huxley's book The Doors of Perception, itself a reference to a quote by English poet William Blake.

  4. Há 4 dias · In this excerpt from a longer programme, John Lehmann speaks to Aldous Huxley as the novelist and essayist shares his thoughts on the art of writing.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_TempestThe Tempest - Wikipedia

    Há 1 dia · The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610–1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that he wrote alone.After the first scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a tempest, the rest of the story is set on a remote island, where Prospero, a complex and contradictory character, lives with his daughter Miranda, and his two servants: Caliban, a savage ...

  6. 19 de mai. de 2024 · Aldous Huxley was one of his masters, and it was at Eton that he published his first writing in college periodicals. Instead of matriculating at a university, Orwell decided to follow family tradition and, in 1922, went to Burma as assistant district superintendent in the Indian Imperial Police.

  7. 26 de mai. de 2024 · On Nov. 22, 1963, three award-winning writers died: one in Dallas, one in Los Angeles and the other at his home just outside Oxford, England. John F. Kennedy, Aldous Huxley and C.S. Lewis all died within hours of each other. All had been award-winning writers.