John Robert Fowles: The Critical Modernism and Postmodernism Writer
He was born in
March 31, 1926 in Leigh-in-Sea (Essex), a small town located in England. He
studied in Bedford School, from ages 13 to 18. After that, Fowles began his
studies in Oxford, spending four years studying French, becoming a teacher.
During this time, Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre were his inspiration.
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Fowles began his
writings between 1952 and 1960, when he wrote several novels, but he did not
publish them in this period. His book’s themes were about conformity, the will
of the individual, philosophy, art, human nature,
freedom, hazard and other subjects.
In 1960, he
wrote The Collector, published in
1963, becoming immediately a best-seller, inspiring Fowles to write other books,
like The Arostos, The Magus - another
well succeed book, published in 1965. But one of them, written a long time ago,
was considered his first novel: The
French Lieutenant’s Woman (1969), which was his most well succeed novel, winner
of several awards, becoming soon a movie. He also wrote Islands (1978), Mantissa (1982),
A Maggot (1985), between several
other essays, tales, reviews, so on.
John Fowles
passed away, with 79 years old, in November 5th, 2005, in Lyme Regis
(Dorset), England, due to illness.
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Happy Easter, folks!
Take care! :)
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