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Anthony Burgess (February 25, 1917 – November 22, 1993) was an English novelist and critic. He was also active as a composer, librettist, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, essayist, travel writer, broadcaster, translator and educationalist. Born in the northern English city of Manchester, he lived and worked variously in Southeast Asia, the United States and Mediterranean Europe.
Burgess's fiction includes the Malayan trilogy (The Long Day Wanes) on the dying days of Britain's empire in the East, the Enderby cycle of comic novels about a reclusive poet and his muse, the classic speculative recreation of Shakespeare's love-life Nothing Like the Sun, the cult exploration of the nature of evil A Clockwork Orange, and his masterpiece Earthly Powers, a panoramic saga of the 20th century.
He wrote critical studies of Joyce, Hemingway, Shakespeare and Lawrence, produced the treatises on linguistics Language Made Plain and A Mouthful of Air, and turned out large quantities of journalism in several languages. The translator and adapter of Cyrano de Bergerac, Oedipus the King, and Carmen for the stage, he scripted Jesus of Nazareth and Moses the Lawgiver for the screen, invented the prehistoric language spoken in Quest for Fire, and composed the Sinfoni Melayu, the Symphony (No. 3) in C, and the opera Blooms of Dublin.
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Links - Brief biographical outline with some links to material about the works.
Meta Description: [ Stories about Anthony Burgess's life and A Clockwork Orange, Earthly Powers, Shakespeare, The Wanting Seed. With links to essays & literary criticism and analysis. ]
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A Clockwork Testament - Page of links to articles and essays, mainly on A Clockwork Orange.
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Andrew Biswell's new biography of Burgess - Advance notice of new biography of Burgess to be published November 2005
Anthony Burgess - not only Clockwork Orange - Page which includes many links to other Burgess sites, reviews, interviews and dedicated clubs
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Anthony Burgess as Postcolonial Author - An overview by Tamara S Wagner of Burgess's Malayan trilogy, part of the Postcolonial Web project.
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Anthony Burgess at Books and Writers - A biography and bibliography from the books and writers website
Anthony Burgess at LiteratureClassics.com - Page of original writing by Tess Crebbin and some links to other Burgess resources.
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Anthony Burgess from the Archives of The New York Times - Includes an obituary, articles and reviews by Burgess, and reviews of his works.
Anthony Burgess Interview with Don Swaim - Listen to the Anthony Burgess interview with Don Swaim in RealAudio on Wired for Books. Recorded in 1985.
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Anthony Burgess Newsletter - Online bi-annual journal published by the Anthony Burgess Center, University of Angers, France
Meta Description: [ On line journal published by the Anthony Burgess Center, University of Angers, France ]
Anthony Burgess Papers and Archive - List of Burgess papers held at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.
Anthony Burgess' works and life - A Manchester-dedicated website, with further links and a bibliography
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Autoportrait - Autobiographical essay by the writer.
Bibliography from students at USC, USA - Bibliography from students at the University of Southern California off their project site for Clockwork Orange
Bohemian Ink: Anthony Burgess - Biography and Reviews at the Bohemian Ink.
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Book review of Byrne - New York Times book review of Burgess's last published novel Byrne
Burgess's 99 great novels - Article by Burgess written to coincide with the publication of his book 99 Novels, which lists his choice of the best fiction since 1939.
His dark materials - Article by John Cornwell on the Burgess Foundation in Manchester
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IMDb: Anthony Burgess - Filmography.
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Liar, liar, pants on fire - Duncan Fallowell's review of Andrew Biswell's new biography of Burgess. Published October 23rd 2005. Requires free registration.
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Music of writer Anthony Burgess - Brown University press release about a forthcoming (now passed) performance of Burgess's chamber music.
Novelist as composer by Tess Crebbin - Article discussing the forthcoming book on Burgess as composer by Paul Phillips.
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Paul Phillips works to draw attention to novelist Anthony Burgess' music - Short account of work on Burgess's music by Paul Phillips of Brown University (1999)
Report on the 2nd Anthony Burgess Symposium - Illustrated account by Graham Woodroffe on the proceedings of the second international symposium at Angers, France, December 2004
Review of Revolutionary Sonnets - Review by Olivier Burckhardt from Quadrant Magazine - Australia's independent review of literature ideas
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Review of Revolutionary Sonnets by Anthony Burgess - Andrew Biswell's review of Burgess's only published collection of poems.
Scotsman.com News - Features - Peeling the Clockwork Orange - Review of Andrew Biswell's The Real Life Of Anthony Burgess
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Scriptorium - Anthony Burgess - Article on the life and works by Tim Conley, with links to other Burgess sites, and a link to a review of the biography by Roger Lewis
The Anthony Burgess Center - Home of the Anthony Burgess society in Angers, France
The Guardian: Anthony Burgess - Profile, reviews, articles, obituary and links.
The International Anthony Burgess Foundation - Homepage - Website of the home in Manchester, England of the Anthony Burgess Foundation. Includes newsletter, forum and description of the Foundation's holdings
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The Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 48: Interview with Burgess - Summary and PDF of interview from 1973.
Theodore Dalrymple on A Clockwork Orange - Dalrymple sees Burgess's novel as a prescient account of today's society.
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Wikipedia entry for Burgess - Account of the life and works.
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