About

Known credits:
42
Birthday:
1857-12-02
Place of birth:
Berdichev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]
Website:
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Joseph Conrad

Overview

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 tragic sensibility into English literature. While some of his works have a strain of romanticism, he is viewed as a precursor of modernist literature. Writing in the heyday of the British Empire, Conrad drew upon his experiences in the French and later the British Merchant Navy to create short stories and novels that reflect aspects of a worldwide empire while also plumbing the depths of the human soul. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced many authors. Films have been adapted from or inspired by Conrad's Victory, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent, An Outcast of the Islands, The Rover, The Shadow Line, The Duel, Heart of Darkness, Nostromo, Almayer's Folly.

Known for

Acting
2014 Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau” Actor Self (archive footage) 60
Fair
1950 The Golden Twenties Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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Writing
2018 Heart of Darkness Writing Writer N/A
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2017 The Lost Valley Writing Writer N/A
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2016 Mountain of Gold Writing Story 59
Average
2016 The Young One Writing Novel 58
Average
2016 The Secret Agent Writing Novel 67
Fair
2016 An Outpost of Progress Writing Writer 59
Average
2012 Almayer's Folly Writing Novel 59
Average
2005 Gabrielle Writing Novel 58
Average
2002 Lord Jim Writing Novel N/A
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1998 Swept from the Sea Writing Novel 59
Average
1997 Nostromo Writing Novel 69
Fair
1996 Victory Writing Novel 58
Average
1996 The Secret Agent Writing Novel 58
Average
1994 Windigo Writing Novel 59
Average
1993 Heart of Darkness Writing Novel 59
Average
1992 The Secret Agent Writing Novel 59
Average
1986 Morgen Writing Story N/A
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1982 An Outpost of Progress Writing Short Story N/A
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1980 Un reietto delle isole Writing Novel N/A
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1979 Apocalypse Now Writing Author 81
Very good
1978 Naufragio Writing Story 58
Average
1977 The Duellists Writing Story 66
Fair
1976 The Shadow-Line Writing Story 59
Average
1975 Her Return Writing Short Story 59
Average
1973 The Shadow Line Writing Original Story 59
Average
1973 The End of the Tether Writing Novel N/A
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1965 Lord Jim Writing Novel 60
Fair
1958 Heart of Darkness Writing Novel N/A
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1953 Laughing Anne Writing Novel 58
Average
1952 Face to Face Writing Book 59
Average
1951 Outcast of the Islands Writing Novel 59
Average
1940 Victory Writing Novel N/A
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1937 Sabotage Writing Novel 62
Fair
1931 Farornas paradis Writing Writer N/A
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1931 Tropical Nights Writing Novel N/A
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1930 Dangerous Paradise Writing Novel 58
Average
1929 The Rescue Writing Novel N/A
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1925 Lord Jim Writing Writer N/A
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1919 Victory Writing Novel 59
Average
Heart of Darkness Writing Novel N/A
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