G.K. Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) was born in London and attended the art school of University College London. In 1900 he was invited to contribute articles on art criticism, and from then on he became one of the most prolific writers of all time. He wrote about a hundred books, hundreds of poems, five plays, five novels and about 200 short stories, many of which include the popular detective priest, Father Brown. Still, he considered himself first and foremost a journalist: he wrote more than 4000 essays for newspapers and also edited his own newspaper, G.K.'s Weekly. He wrote with ease in the areas of literary and social criticism, history, politics, economics, philosophy and theology. He is often called the "prince of paradox".