Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
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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 vis mere 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) vis mindre
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Værker af Aldous Huxley
Ends and Means: An Inquiry into the Nature of Ideals and into the Methods Employed for Their Realization (1937) 184 eksemplarer
Fahrenheit 451,Brave New World and 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four 3 Books Bundle Collection (2016) 59 eksemplarer
Crome Yellow | The Gioconda Smile | Ape and Essence | The Genius and the Goddess (1983) 35 eksemplarer
Psychedelic Prophets: The Letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond (McGill-Queen’s/Associated Medical Services… (2018) 11 eksemplarer
Essays 7 eksemplarer
The Cicadas and Other Poems 7 eksemplarer
OBRAS COMPLETAS. II. LIMBO. LA ENVOLTURA HUMANA. AL MARGEN. MI TIO SPENCER. DOS O TRES GRACIAS. MUSICA EN LA NOCHE.… (1952) 7 eksemplarer
Das Lächeln der Gioconda. Jung-Archimedes. Zwei Novellen. Übersetzt v. Herberth E. Herlitschka. (1931) 4 eksemplarer
Königs Erläuterungen und Materialien: Interpretation zu Huxley. Schöne neue Welt (Brave New World) (2001) 4 eksemplarer
Och sen levde de lyckliga ... 4 eksemplarer
Schöne neue Welt (mit "Dreißig Jahre danach") / Die Glockenbäume. Unterwegs in die Welt von morgen.… (1988) 4 eksemplarer
Un mundo feliz. Las puertas de la percepción. Cielo e infierno (Spanish Edition) (2010) — Forfatter — 3 eksemplarer
Point Counter Point : vol 2 3 eksemplarer
Den mexikanska hatten 3 eksemplarer
A Teacher's Guide to Brave New World: Common-Core Aligned Teacher Materials and a Sample Chapter (2014) 3 eksemplarer
Aldous Huxley 3 eksemplarer
Obras completas 3 eksemplarer
100 Books You Must Read Before You Die [volume 1] 2 eksemplarer
Aldous Huxley - Complete Essays (6 Volume Set - Complete) Vol. 1: 1920-1925; Vol. 2: 1926-1929; Vol. 3: 1930-1935; Vol.… (2000) 2 eksemplarer
Obras completas. I 2 eksemplarer
℗Il ℗Piccolo Archimede e altri racconti 2 eksemplarer
ME E MIRA E BOTEVE 2 eksemplarer
Fard 2 eksemplarer
Holy Face, and other essays 2 eksemplarer
Himmel og helvede 1 eksemplar
Beautiful new world Classic full translation Chinese and English version of two in one(Chinese Edition) (2018) 1 eksemplar
Djevlene fra Loudun 1 eksemplar
Bakom Golfen : gamle verdener og nye 1 eksemplar
Aldous Huxley - Il sorriso della Gioconda | August W. Derleth - La signora Lannisfree | - Lettera noiosa — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
PUNCT CONTRAPUNCT TOP 10 (Romanian Edition) 1 eksemplar
Verses And A Comedy. Collected Work 1 eksemplar
An Encyclopedia of Pacifism 1 eksemplar
Il mondo nuovo / Ritorno al mondo nuovo 1 eksemplar
L'Arte di vivere 1 eksemplar
Les Portes De La Perception Published by 1 eksemplar
Louise de la Valliere 1 eksemplar
Un mundo feliz 1 eksemplar
Art and letters, war and peace 1 eksemplar
Через много лет Гений и богиня 1 eksemplar
LOS CUERVOS DEL JARDÍN 1 eksemplar
Prácticas Religiosas en Mesoamérica 1 eksemplar
Novelas Tomo I 1 eksemplar
The French of Paris 1 eksemplar
The Adventure of Silver Blaze 1 eksemplar
A Day in Windsor 1 eksemplar
The Dwarfs 1 eksemplar
Antologia do conto moderno — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Harper's modern classics 1 eksemplar
Uśmiech Giocondy i inne opowiadania 1 eksemplar
BRAVE NEW WORLD REVISITED BY ALDOUS HUXLEY 1 eksemplar
Die Pforten der Wahrnehmung Himmel und Hölle 1 eksemplar
Cartas 1 eksemplar
Si restul e tacere 1 eksemplar
Young Archimedes [short fiction] 1 eksemplar
Poslije mnogih ljeta 1 eksemplar
Il sorriso della Gioconda ed altri racconti 1 eksemplar
Retrospect, an omnibus of Aldous Huxley's books 1 eksemplar
Aldous Huxley's Early Writings including (complete and unabridged) Crome Yellow, The Burning Wheel, The Defeat of Youth… (2015) 1 eksemplar
7 Novels (Timeless Wisdom Collection Book 1090) 1 eksemplar
Aldous Huxley zum Gedächtnis 1 eksemplar
New preface to an old book 1 eksemplar
Klett Lektürehilfen Brave New World: für Oberstufe und Abitur - Interpretationshilfe für die Schule (2007) 1 eksemplar
Novelas II 1 eksemplar
Aldous Huxley Tutti i racconti 1 eksemplar
Verhalen 1 eksemplar
Pripovjetke 1 eksemplar
el camino al infierno 1 eksemplar
Visionary Experience/How To Change Behavior 1 eksemplar
The Claxtons 1 eksemplar
Half-Holiday 1 eksemplar
Fairy Godmother 1 eksemplar
America and The Future (1st Edition) 1 eksemplar
Los escándalos de Crome, El sombrero mexicano, El pequeño Arquímedes, Un Mundo Feliz, Nueva visita… (2008) 1 eksemplar
Aldous Huxley Cartas 1 eksemplar
Brave New World 1 eksemplar
A arte de ver 1 eksemplar
Due o tre Grazie: romanzo inglese 1 eksemplar
Markmid og Leidir 1 eksemplar
Uncollected Stories 1 eksemplar
1977 1 eksemplar
1965 1 eksemplar
Os Corvos de Pereiraflorida Livro 1 1 eksemplar
Brave New World & Brave New World Remastered 1 eksemplar
O Céu e o Inferno 1 eksemplar
℗L'℗arte della vista 1 eksemplar
Αυτά τα γυμνά φύλλα 1 eksemplar
En port till andra varlden 1 eksemplar
Brave New World [Audio: Michael York] 1 eksemplar
Brave New World [short story] 1 eksemplar
LA PAIX DES PROFONDEURS. 1 eksemplar
Essays of Aldous Huxley 1 eksemplar
Unser Glaube 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Zen and the Psychology of Transformation: The Supreme Doctrine (1951) — Forord, nogle udgaver — 178 eksemplarer
The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature (1999) — Bidragyder — 175 eksemplarer
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Bidragyder — 146 eksemplarer
The Awakening of Faith: The Classic Exposition of Mahayana Buddhism (1960) — Forord, nogle udgaver — 67 eksemplarer
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1959) — Bidragyder — 55 eksemplarer
Lapham's Quarterly - The Future: Volume IV, Number 4, Fall 2011 (2011) — Bidragyder — 23 eksemplarer
Parabola: Myth and the Quest for Meaning, Vol. 7, No. 3: Ceremonies (1982) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
Great Classic Mysteries: Thirteen Unabridged Stories (2010) — Forfatter, nogle udgaver — 9 eksemplarer
WHAT VEDANTA MEANS TO ME CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE ALDOUS HUXLEY - CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD - AND GERALD HEARD (1961) — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
These Simple Things: Some Appreciations of the Small Joys in Daily Life (1965) — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
Die zwei Kulturen : literarische und naturwissenschaftliche Intelligenz ; C. P. Snows These in der Diskussion (1967) — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer
The Best from Cosmopolitan — Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
Meesters der vertelkunst : zevenenderdig verhalen uit de moderne wereldliteratuur (1975) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Georgian Stories 1924 — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Best Crime Stories 2 — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Dystopia Boxed Set: 18 Dystopian Classics in One Edition — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
7 Novel Dystopian Collection — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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Almen Viden
- Juridisk navn
- Huxley, Aldous Leonard
- Fødselsdato
- 1894-07-26
- Dødsdag
- 1963-11-22
- Begravelsessted
- Watts Memorial Chapel Cemetery, Compton, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- England, UK
USA (emigratie) - Land (til kort)
- England, UK
- Fødested
- Godalming, Surrey, England, UK
- Dødssted
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Dødsårsag
- laryngeal cancer
- Bopæl
- Godalming, Surrey, England
Los Angeles, California, USA - Uddannelse
- Eton College
Balliol Collage, Oxford University (BA|1916) - Erhverv
- writer
- Relationer
- Huxley, Leonard (father)
Huxley, Matthew (son)
Huxley, Julian (brother)
Huxley, Laura Archera (wife)
Huxley, Thomas Henry (grandfather)
Ward, Mary Augusta (aunt) (vis alle 11)
Arnold, Matthew (great-uncle)
Ward, Thomas Humphry (uncle)
Arnold, Thomas (great-grandfather)
Huxley, Anthony (nephew)
Huxley, Francis (nephew) - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- 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)
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