Anthony Burgess

Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917 and died in London in 1993. He spent six years in the army before becoming a teacher, a profession he practiced in Malaysia and Brunei. He became a full-time writer in 1959, thanks to the success of a trilogy of books set in Malaysia. He quickly gained international prestige as one of the most important and versatile novelists of his time. In addition to literature, he dedicated himself to translation and writing literary reviews, plays, and musical compositions, including a piano concerto, a violin concerto, and a symphony. His books are published worldwide and include... The Complete Enderby, Earthly powers, Nothing like the sun., A man was killed in Deptford. and Byrne. A Clockwork Orange, originally published in 1962, is his most controversial and iconic literary work, a cult book for generation after generation.