Anthony Burgess

Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) was born John Burgess Wilson in Manchester, England, into a Catholic family. He served in the British Army during World War II, taught in colonial Malaya and Brunei, and was told in 1959 that he had an inoperable brain tumor and only a year to live—a misdiagnosis that drove him to write five novels in twelve months to provide for his wife after his expected death. He survived another thirty-four years, turning that desperate burst of productivity into one of the most prolific literary careers of the century. This author hub collects 1 work in the Canon Compass ranking, led by A Clockwork Orange.