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Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad

WriterActor Dec 2 (died age 66) Berdichev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine] 1919–2021 (102 year career)
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Biography

Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski) was a Polish-born English novelist. Conrad is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English, though he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties (and then always with a marked Polish accent). He wrote stories and novels, predominantly with a nautical or seaboard setting, that depict trials of the human spirit by the demands of duty and honour. Conrad was a master prose stylist who brought a distinctly non-English…

Known For

The Duellists
Film

The Duellists

Story
Sabotage
Film

Sabotage

Novel
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Film

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

Self (archive footage)
Lord Jim
Film

Lord Jim

Novel
Swept from the Sea
Film

Swept from the Sea

Novel
Her Return
Film

Her Return

Short Story
Almayer's Folly
Film

Almayer's Folly

Novel
Heart of Darkness
Film

Heart of Darkness

Novel

Filmography