John Galsworthy was born on August 14, 1867 in Kingston Hill, Surrey, England. He was a writer and actor, known for The Forsyte Saga (2002), The Forsyte Saga (1967) and The Skin Game (1931). He was married to Ada Nemesis Pearson Cooper. He died on January 31, 1933 in Grove Lodge, Hampshire, England.
[on Felix Salten's novel 'Bambi'] I do not, as a rule, like the method which places human words in the mouths of dumb creatures, and it is the triumph of this book that, behind the conversation, one feels the real sensation of the creatures who speak.
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Fact
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Studied law and was called to the bar in 1890, but did not practice.
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His writing was influenced by Turgenev and by Joseph Conrad, whom he befriended.
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He allegedly declined knighthood but was awarded the O.M. (Order of Merit) for his services to literature.
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Won Nobel Prize for Literature [1932]
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Studio One in Hollywood
1951
TV Series story - 1 episode
Actor's Studio
1950
TV Series story - 1 episode
The Silver Box
1949
TV Movie play
That Forsyte Woman
1949
based on book I of "The Forsyte Saga" by
Old English
1949
TV Movie play
Loyalties
1948
TV Movie play
Escape
1948
play
21 Days Together
1940
story "The First and the Last"
The Silver Box
1939
TV Movie
One More River
1934
novel
Loyalties
1933
play "Loyalties"
The Skin Game
1931
a talking film by
Escape!
1930
dialogue / play
Old English
1930
by
The White Monkey
1925
novel
The Stranger
1924
novel "The First and the Last"
The Skin Game
1921
play
Justice
1917
play
The Forsyte Saga
TV Mini-Series novel - 6 episodes, 2002 by - 4 episodes, 2003
Nenávist
1999
TV Movie short story
A Summer Story
1988
story "The Apple Tree"
Theatre Night
1988
TV Series play - 1 episode
Anglu Valsas
1982
play "Joy"
BBC Play of the Month
TV Series play - 2 episodes, 1974 - 1975 writer - 1 episode, 1976
The Forsyte Saga
1967
TV Mini-Series novel - 26 episodes
Die Ersten und die Letzten
1966
TV Movie novel
ITV Play of the Week
TV Series 1 episode, 1960 writer - 1 episode, 1965
Der Familienvater
1964
TV Movie novel "A Family Man"
Die Flucht
1962
TV Movie play "Escape"
BBC Sunday-Night Play
TV Mini-Series 1 episode, 1962 play - 1 episode, 1960
Ulica bez izlaza
1960
TV Movie novel
Strife
1960
TV Series play - 3 episodes
World Theatre
1959
TV Mini-Series 1 episode
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
TV Series play - 3 episodes, 1950 - 1951 writer - 1 episode, 1959
Die Letzten werden die Ersten sein
1957
novella "The First and the Last"
The First and the Last
1957
TV Movie short story
Climax!
1955
TV Series story - 1 episode
Encounter
1952
TV Series play - 1 episode
Rebound
1952
TV Series story - 1 episode
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Island Wives
1922
Lester
School Days
1921/II
Mr. Hadley - a New Friend
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Golden Twenties
1950
Documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1932
Nobel Prize in Literature
Nobel Prize
"for his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in The Forsyte Saga"
$500,000
