Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad
Conrad in 1904 by George Charles Beresford
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a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language.
Born
Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski 3 December 1857 Berdychiv, Russian Empire
Died
3 August 1924 (aged 66) Bishopsbourne, Kent, England
Nationality
Polish – British
Occupation
Novelist, short-story writer, essayist
adultbasic
Britain
Children
2
era
1800+
Genre
Fiction
Notable works
Almayer's Folly (1895) The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' (1897) Heart of Darkness (1899) Lord Jim (1900) Typhoon (1902) Nostromo (1904) The Secret Agent (1907) Under Western Eyes (1911)
Pen name
Joseph Conrad
Period
1895–1923: literary impressionism and Modernism
Resting place
Canterbury Cemetery, Canterbury
Spouse
Jessie George ( m. 1896 )