Writing

C. S. Forester

C. S. Forester är mest känd för Hornblower och Augsburger Puppenkiste - Drachen hat nicht jeder. C. S. Forester föddes 27 augusti 1899. C. S. Forester dog 2 april 1966, 66 år gammal.

Född: 27 augusti 1899
Födelseort: Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt [now Egypt]
Död: 2 april 1966 (66 år)

Biografi

Cecil Scott "C.S." Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 — 2 April 1966), an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of naval warfare. His most notable works were the 11-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era, and The African Queen (1935; filmed in 1951 by John Huston). His novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.

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