Graham Greene

Graham Greene was a British writer whose career began in 1925. He was educated at Balliol College and worked for the Secret Intelligence Service, Le Figaro, and The Times. Greene was a member of the Royal Society of Literature and was influenced by Evelyn Waugh, Ford Madox Ford, François Mauriac, and G. K. Chesterton.

He received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Hawthornden Prize, Shakespeare Prize, and Dos Passos Prize. Greene was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Nobel Prize in Literature, Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and Tony Award for Best Play. His notable works include מסעותי עם דודתי, Why Do I Write? An Exchange of Views Between Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene and V.S. Pritchett, The best horror stories, The contrary experience, and The little horse bus.

Born in Berkhamsted on October 2, 1904, Greene died of leukemia on April 3, 1991, in Vevey, Corseaux. He was buried in Corseaux and resided in Berkhamsted and the Monastery of Santa María la Real of Oseira. His archives are held at the National Library of Wales, British Library, and Harry Ransom Center.