Geburtsdatum | Sonntag, 02. Oktober 1904 |
Geburtsort | Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England |
Todesdatum | Mittwoch, 03. April 1991 |
Todesort | Vevey |
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Beschreibung | Henry Graham Greene OM CH (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers (or "entertainments" as he termed them). He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times. Through 67 years of writing, which included over 25 novels, he explored the conflicting moral and political issues of the modern world. He was awarded the 1968 Shakespeare Prize and the 1981 Jerusalem Prize. |
Failure too is a form of death.
Success is more dangerous than failure, the ripples break over a wider coastline.
Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.
No human being can really understand another, and no one can arrange another's happiness.
We are all of us resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to.
People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.
Writing is a form of therapy sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.
There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.
