Anthony Burgess

1917-1993

Novelist

Chief British novelist and critic Anthony Burgess was born in Harpurhey, Lancashire England on February 25, 1917. He is perhaps best known for his chilling work, A Clockwork Orange (1962), which painted a terrifying portrait of a future society marked by violence and government-supported mind control. Burgess also produced scholarly work on James Joyce, as well as numerous book reviews and even orchestral compositions.