Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
Autor(a) de Brave New World
About the Author
Aldous Huxley was born on July 26, 1894, in Surrey, England, into a distinguished scientific and literary family; his grandfather was the noted scientist and writer, T.H. Huxley. Following an eye illness at age 16 that resulted in near-blindness, Huxley abandoned hope of a career in medicine and mostrar mais turned instead to literature, attending Oxford University and graduating with honors. While at Oxford, he published two volumes of poetry. Crome Yellow, his first novel, was published in 1927 followed by Antic Hay, Those Barren Leaves, and Point Counter Point. His most famous novel, Brave New World, published in 1932, is a science fiction classic about a futuristic society controlled by technology. In all, Huxley produced 47 works during his long career, In 1947, Huxley moved with his family to southern California. During the 1950s, he experimented with mescaline and LSD. Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, both works of nonfiction, were based on his experiences while taking mescaline under supervision. In 1959, Aldous Huxley received the Award of Merit for the Novel from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died on November 22, 1963. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por Aldous Huxley
Moksha: Aldous Huxley's Classic Writings on Psychedelics and the Visionary Experience (1977) 237 exemplares
Ends and Means: An Inquiry into the Nature of Ideals and into the Methods Employed for Their Realization (1937) 184 exemplares
Fahrenheit 451,Brave New World and 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four 3 Books Bundle Collection (2016) 59 exemplares
Crome Yellow | The Gioconda Smile | Ape and Essence | The Genius and the Goddess (1983) 35 exemplares
Psychedelic Prophets: The Letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond (McGill-Queen’s/Associated Medical Services… (2018) 11 exemplares
The Cicadas and Other Poems 7 exemplares
Essays 7 exemplares
OBRAS COMPLETAS. II. LIMBO. LA ENVOLTURA HUMANA. AL MARGEN. MI TIO SPENCER. DOS O TRES GRACIAS. MUSICA EN LA NOCHE.… (1952) 7 exemplares
Königs Erläuterungen und Materialien: Interpretation zu Huxley. Schöne neue Welt (Brave New World) (2001) 4 exemplares
Schöne neue Welt (mit "Dreißig Jahre danach") / Die Glockenbäume. Unterwegs in die Welt von morgen.… (1988) 4 exemplares
Och sen levde de lyckliga ... 4 exemplares
Aldous Huxley 3 exemplares
Das Lächeln der Gioconda. Jung-Archimedes. Zwei Novellen. Übersetzt v. Herberth E. Herlitschka. (1931) 3 exemplares
Den mexikanska hatten 3 exemplares
Point Counter Point : vol 2 3 exemplares
Un mundo feliz. Las puertas de la percepción. Cielo e infierno (Spanish Edition) (2010) — Autor — 3 exemplares
Obras completas 3 exemplares
A Teacher's Guide to Brave New World: Common-Core Aligned Teacher Materials and a Sample Chapter (2014) 3 exemplares
℗Il ℗Piccolo Archimede e altri racconti 2 exemplares
Fard 2 exemplares
Holy Face, and other essays 2 exemplares
100 Books You Must Read Before You Die [volume 1] 2 exemplares
Obras completas. I 2 exemplares
ME E MIRA E BOTEVE 2 exemplares
Markmid og Leidir 1 exemplar
Due o tre Grazie: romanzo inglese 1 exemplar
Brave New World 1 exemplar
Uncollected Stories 1 exemplar
Bakom Golfen : gamle verdener og nye 1 exemplar
Verses And A Comedy. Collected Work 1 exemplar
PUNCT CONTRAPUNCT TOP 10 (Romanian Edition) 1 exemplar
Ape and essense 1 exemplar
Il sorriso della Gioconda ed altri racconti 1 exemplar
Djevlene fra Loudun 1 exemplar
Beautiful new world Classic full translation Chinese and English version of two in one(Chinese Edition) (2018) 1 exemplar
Young Archimedes [short fiction] 1 exemplar
Art and letters, war and peace 1 exemplar
Louise de la Valliere 1 exemplar
Через много лет Гений и богиня 1 exemplar
LOS CUERVOS DEL JARDÍN 1 exemplar
Prácticas Religiosas en Mesoamérica 1 exemplar
Novelas Tomo I 1 exemplar
The French of Paris 1 exemplar
The Adventure of Silver Blaze 1 exemplar
A Day in Windsor 1 exemplar
1965 1 exemplar
Antologia do conto moderno — Autor — 1 exemplar
The Dwarfs 1 exemplar
Aldous Huxley - Il sorriso della Gioconda | August W. Derleth - La signora Lannisfree | - Lettera noiosa — Autor — 1 exemplar
Le Meilleur d'Aldous Huxley 1 exemplar
Himmel og helvede 1 exemplar
An Encyclopedia of Pacifism 1 exemplar
Les Portes De La Perception Published by 1 exemplar
1977 1 exemplar
Os Corvos de Pereiraflorida Livro 1 1 exemplar
Verhalen 1 exemplar
Brave New World [short story] 1 exemplar
Aldous Huxley's Early Writings including (complete and unabridged) Crome Yellow, The Burning Wheel, The Defeat of Youth… (2015) 1 exemplar
Klett Lektürehilfen Brave New World: für Oberstufe und Abitur - Interpretationshilfe für die Schule (2007) 1 exemplar
Novelas II 1 exemplar
Pripovjetke 1 exemplar
el camino al infierno 1 exemplar
Aldous Huxley zum Gedächtnis 1 exemplar
New preface to an old book 1 exemplar
The Claxtons 1 exemplar
Half-Holiday 1 exemplar
Fairy Godmother 1 exemplar
America and The Future (1st Edition) 1 exemplar
Poslije mnogih ljeta 1 exemplar
Brave New World & Brave New World Remastered 1 exemplar
O Céu e o Inferno 1 exemplar
A arte de ver 1 exemplar
℗L'℗arte della vista 1 exemplar
Αυτά τα γυμνά φύλλα 1 exemplar
En port till andra varlden 1 exemplar
Brave New World [Audio: Michael York] 1 exemplar
Harper's modern classics 1 exemplar
LA PAIX DES PROFONDEURS. 1 exemplar
Essays of Aldous Huxley 1 exemplar
Unser Glaube 1 exemplar
Aldous Huxley Cartas 1 exemplar
Aldous Huxley Tutti i racconti 1 exemplar
Los escándalos de Crome, El sombrero mexicano, El pequeño Arquímedes, Un Mundo Feliz, Nueva visita… (2008) 1 exemplar
Aldous Huxley - Complete Essays (6 Volume Set - Complete) Vol. 1: 1920-1925; Vol. 2: 1926-1929; Vol. 3: 1930-1935; Vol.… (2000) 1 exemplar
Visionary Experience/How To Change Behavior 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Zen and the Psychology of Transformation: The Supreme Doctrine (1951) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 174 exemplares
The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature (1999) — Contribuidor — 169 exemplares
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Contribuidor — 141 exemplares
The Awakening of Faith: The Classic Exposition of Mahayana Buddhism (1960) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 67 exemplares
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1959) — Contribuidor — 55 exemplares
Lapham's Quarterly - The Future: Volume IV, Number 4, Fall 2011 (2011) — Contribuidor — 23 exemplares
Parabola: Myth and the Quest for Meaning, Vol. 7, No. 3: Ceremonies (1982) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
WHAT VEDANTA MEANS TO ME CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE ALDOUS HUXLEY - CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD - AND GERALD HEARD (1961) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
These Simple Things: Some Appreciations of the Small Joys in Daily Life (1965) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
Die zwei Kulturen : literarische und naturwissenschaftliche Intelligenz ; C. P. Snows These in der Diskussion (1967) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
The Best from Cosmopolitan — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
Meesters der vertelkunst : zevenenderdig verhalen uit de moderne wereldliteratuur (1975) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Georgian Stories 1924 — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Best Crime Stories 2 — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Huxley, Aldous Leonard
- Data de nascimento
- 1894-07-26
- Data de falecimento
- 1963-11-22
- Localização do túmulo
- Watts Memorial Chapel Cemetery, Compton, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- England, UK
USA (emigratie) - País (no mapa)
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Godalming, Surrey, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Causa da morte
- laryngeal cancer
- Locais de residência
- Godalming, Surrey, England
Los Angeles, California, USA - Educação
- Eton College
Balliol Collage, Oxford University (BA|1916) - Ocupações
- writer
- Relações
- Huxley, Leonard (father)
Huxley, Matthew (son)
Huxley, Julian (brother)
Huxley, Laura Archera (wife)
Huxley, Thomas Henry (grandfather)
Ward, Mary Augusta (aunt) (mostrar todos 11)
Arnold, Matthew (great-uncle)
Ward, Thomas Humphry (uncle)
Arnold, Thomas (great-grandfather)
Huxley, Anthony (nephew)
Huxley, Francis (nephew) - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature (1962)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary ∙ Literature ∙ 1960)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Award of Merit (1959)
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1939)
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and a prominent member of the Huxley family. Best known for his novels and a wide-ranging output of essays, Huxley also edited the magazine Oxford Poetry, and published short stories, poetry, travel writing, film stories and scripts. He spent the later part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death.
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- Obras
- 256
- Also by
- 92
- Membros
- 90,258
- Popularidade
- #109
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 1,211
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- Línguas
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I just went and reread my blog post about "We" and, I will state that there is no comparison. "We" had a humor and wit that is not really present in "Brave New World" which in comparison seems just…angry.… (mais)