| AdminHistory | John Galsworthy [1867-1933] was a novelist and playwright. He read Law at New College Oxford, and was called to the bar in 1890. Galsworthy's writing career began in 1897, with the publication of a collection of short stories 'From the Four Winds', though he did not publish under his own name until 1904. in 1906, he published 'The Man of Property', and in the same year his play 'The Silver Box' opened at the Court Theatre. Galsworthy continued to publish as a novelist and playwright, including his three trilogies 'The Forsyte Saga', 'A Modern Comedy' and 'End of the chapter'. 'The Forsyte Saga' was adapted for television in 1967, in a BBC series directed by David Giles, and won an Emmy. In 1921 Galsworthy was elected president of the international PEN club, and he was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1932.
John Galsworthy presented Henry Williamson with the Hawthornden Prize for Literature. |