Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
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Aldous Huxley was born on July 26, 1894, in Surrey, England, into a distinguished scientific and literary family; his grandfather was the noted scientist and writer, T.H. Huxley. Following an eye illness at age 16 that resulted in near-blindness, Huxley abandoned hope of a career in medicine and mostra'n més turned instead to literature, attending Oxford University and graduating with honors. While at Oxford, he published two volumes of poetry. Crome Yellow, his first novel, was published in 1927 followed by Antic Hay, Those Barren Leaves, and Point Counter Point. His most famous novel, Brave New World, published in 1932, is a science fiction classic about a futuristic society controlled by technology. In all, Huxley produced 47 works during his long career, In 1947, Huxley moved with his family to southern California. During the 1950s, he experimented with mescaline and LSD. Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, both works of nonfiction, were based on his experiences while taking mescaline under supervision. In 1959, Aldous Huxley received the Award of Merit for the Novel from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died on November 22, 1963. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de Aldous Huxley
Moksha: Aldous Huxley's Classic Writings on Psychedelics and the Visionary Experience (1977) 237 exemplars
Ends and Means: An Inquiry into the Nature of Ideals and into the Methods Employed for Their Realization (1937) 184 exemplars
Fahrenheit 451,Brave New World and 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four 3 Books Bundle Collection (2016) 59 exemplars
Crome Yellow | The Gioconda Smile | Ape and Essence | The Genius and the Goddess (1983) 35 exemplars
Psychedelic Prophets: The Letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond (McGill-Queen’s/Associated Medical Services… (2018) 11 exemplars
Essays 7 exemplars
[NO WORK/EDITION INFORMATION] 7 exemplars
OBRAS COMPLETAS. II. LIMBO. LA ENVOLTURA HUMANA. AL MARGEN. MI TIO SPENCER. DOS O TRES GRACIAS. MUSICA EN LA NOCHE.… (1952) 7 exemplars
The Cicadas and Other Poems 7 exemplars
Königs Erläuterungen und Materialien: Interpretation zu Huxley. Schöne neue Welt (Brave New World) (2001) 4 exemplars
Schöne neue Welt (mit "Dreißig Jahre danach") / Die Glockenbäume. Unterwegs in die Welt von morgen.… (1988) 4 exemplars
Och sen levde de lyckliga ... 4 exemplars
Aldous Huxley 3 exemplars
Das Lächeln der Gioconda. Jung-Archimedes. Zwei Novellen. Übersetzt v. Herberth E. Herlitschka. (1931) 3 exemplars
Den mexikanska hatten 3 exemplars
Point Counter Point : vol 2 3 exemplars
Un mundo feliz. Las puertas de la percepción. Cielo e infierno (Spanish Edition) (2010) — Autor — 3 exemplars
Obras completas 3 exemplars
A Teacher's Guide to Brave New World: Common-Core Aligned Teacher Materials and a Sample Chapter (2014) 3 exemplars
Holy Face, and other essays 2 exemplars
ME E MIRA E BOTEVE 2 exemplars
℗Il ℗Piccolo Archimede e altri racconti 2 exemplars
Obras completas. I 2 exemplars
Fard 2 exemplars
Due o tre Grazie: romanzo inglese 1 exemplars
Ape and essense 1 exemplars
Brave New World 1 exemplars
Markmid og Leidir 1 exemplars
Bakom Golfen : gamle verdener og nye 1 exemplars
Verses And A Comedy. Collected Work 1 exemplars
100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature [volume 1] (100 Books You Must Read Before You Die) 1 exemplars
Il sorriso della Gioconda ed altri racconti 1 exemplars
Young Archimedes [short fiction] 1 exemplars
PUNCT CONTRAPUNCT TOP 10 (Romanian Edition) 1 exemplars
Djevlene fra Loudun 1 exemplars
Beautiful new world Classic full translation Chinese and English version of two in one(Chinese Edition) (2018) 1 exemplars
Art and letters, war and peace 1 exemplars
Louise de la Valliere 1 exemplars
Через много лет Гений и богиня 1 exemplars
LOS CUERVOS DEL JARDÍN 1 exemplars
Prácticas Religiosas en Mesoamérica 1 exemplars
Novelas Tomo I 1 exemplars
The French of Paris 1 exemplars
The Adventure of Silver Blaze 1 exemplars
A Day in Windsor 1 exemplars
1977 1 exemplars
Antologia do conto moderno — Autor — 1 exemplars
Aldous Huxley - Il sorriso della Gioconda | August W. Derleth - La signora Lannisfree | - Lettera noiosa — Autor — 1 exemplars
Le Meilleur d'Aldous Huxley 1 exemplars
Himmel og helvede 1 exemplars
The Dwarfs 1 exemplars
An Encyclopedia of Pacifism 1 exemplars
Les Portes De La Perception Published by 1 exemplars
Uncollected Stories 1 exemplars
1965 1 exemplars
Verhalen 1 exemplars
Brave New World [short story] 1 exemplars
Aldous Huxley's Early Writings including (complete and unabridged) Crome Yellow, The Burning Wheel, The Defeat of Youth… (2015) 1 exemplars
7 Novels (Timeless Wisdom Collection Book 1090) 1 exemplars
Klett Lektürehilfen Brave New World: für Oberstufe und Abitur - Interpretationshilfe für die Schule (2007) 1 exemplars
Retrospect, an omnibus of Aldous Huxley's books 1 exemplars
Novelas II 1 exemplars
Pripovjetke 1 exemplars
el camino al infierno 1 exemplars
Aldous Huxley zum Gedächtnis 1 exemplars
New preface to an old book 1 exemplars
The Claxtons 1 exemplars
Half-Holiday 1 exemplars
Fairy Godmother 1 exemplars
America and The Future (1st Edition) 1 exemplars
Os Corvos de Pereiraflorida Livro 1 1 exemplars
Poslije mnogih ljeta 1 exemplars
O Céu e o Inferno 1 exemplars
A arte de ver 1 exemplars
℗L'℗arte della vista 1 exemplars
Αυτά τα γυμνά φύλλα 1 exemplars
En port till andra varlden 1 exemplars
Brave New World [Audio: Michael York] 1 exemplars
Harper's modern classics 1 exemplars
LA PAIX DES PROFONDEURS. 1 exemplars
Essays of Aldous Huxley 1 exemplars
Unser Glaube 1 exemplars
Aldous Huxley Cartas 1 exemplars
Aldous Huxley Tutti i racconti 1 exemplars
Los escándalos de Crome, El sombrero mexicano, El pequeño Arquímedes, Un Mundo Feliz, Nueva visita… (2008) 1 exemplars
Aldous Huxley - Complete Essays (6 Volume Set - Complete) Vol. 1: 1920-1925; Vol. 2: 1926-1929; Vol. 3: 1930-1935; Vol.… (2000) 1 exemplars
Visionary Experience/How To Change Behavior 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Zen and the Psychology of Transformation: The Supreme Doctrine (1951) — Pròleg, algunes edicions — 174 exemplars
The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature (1999) — Col·laborador — 169 exemplars
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Col·laborador — 141 exemplars
The Awakening of Faith: The Classic Exposition of Mahayana Buddhism (1960) — Pròleg, algunes edicions — 67 exemplars
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1959) — Col·laborador — 55 exemplars
Lapham's Quarterly - The Future: Volume IV, Number 4, Fall 2011 (2011) — Col·laborador — 23 exemplars
Parabola: Myth and the Quest for Meaning, Vol. 7, No. 3: Ceremonies (1982) — Col·laborador — 10 exemplars
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Col·laborador — 10 exemplars
WHAT VEDANTA MEANS TO ME CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE ALDOUS HUXLEY - CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD - AND GERALD HEARD (1961) — Col·laborador — 8 exemplars
These Simple Things: Some Appreciations of the Small Joys in Daily Life (1965) — Col·laborador — 8 exemplars
Die zwei Kulturen : literarische und naturwissenschaftliche Intelligenz ; C. P. Snows These in der Diskussion (1967) — Col·laborador — 6 exemplars
The Best from Cosmopolitan — Col·laborador — 4 exemplars
Meesters der vertelkunst : zevenenderdig verhalen uit de moderne wereldliteratuur (1975) — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
Georgian Stories 1924 — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
Best Crime Stories 2 — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
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Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Huxley, Aldous Leonard
- Data de naixement
- 1894-07-26
- Data de defunció
- 1963-11-22
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Watts Memorial Chapel Cemetery, Compton, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- England, UK
USA (emigratie) - País (per posar en el mapa)
- England, UK
- Lloc de naixement
- Godalming, Surrey, England, UK
- Lloc de defunció
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Causa de la mort
- laryngeal cancer
- Llocs de residència
- Godalming, Surrey, England
Los Angeles, California, USA - Educació
- Eton College
Balliol Collage, Oxford University (BA|1916) - Professions
- writer
- Relacions
- Huxley, Leonard (father)
Huxley, Matthew (son)
Huxley, Julian (brother)
Huxley, Laura Archera (wife)
Huxley, Thomas Henry (grandfather)
Ward, Mary Augusta (aunt) (mostra-les totes 11)
Arnold, Matthew (great-uncle)
Ward, Thomas Humphry (uncle)
Arnold, Thomas (great-grandfather)
Huxley, Anthony (nephew)
Huxley, Francis (nephew) - Premis i honors
- Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature (1962)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary ∙ Literature ∙ 1960)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Award of Merit (1959)
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1939) - Biografia breu
- Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and a prominent member of the Huxley family. Best known for his novels and a wide-ranging output of essays, Huxley also edited the magazine Oxford Poetry, and published short stories, poetry, travel writing, film stories and scripts. He spent the later part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death.
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- Obres
- 256
- També de
- 92
- Membres
- 90,174
- Popularitat
- #109
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 1,211
- ISBN
- 1,624
- Llengües
- 36
- Preferit
- 274
- Quant a
- 1
- Pedres de toc
- 1,671