Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
Autor de Un mundo feliz
Sobre El Autor
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 mostrar más 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) mostrar menos
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Series
Obras de Aldous Huxley
Ends and Means: An Inquiry into the Nature of Ideals and into the Methods Employed for Their Realization (1937) 186 copias
Fahrenheit 451,Brave New World and 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four 3 Books Bundle Collection (2016) 59 copias
Psychedelic Prophets: The Letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond (McGill-Queen’s/Associated Medical Services… (2018) 11 copias
Essays 7 copias
The Cicadas and Other Poems 7 copias
OBRAS COMPLETAS. II. LIMBO. LA ENVOLTURA HUMANA. AL MARGEN. MI TIO SPENCER. DOS O TRES GRACIAS. MUSICA EN LA NOCHE.… (1952) 7 copias
Obras completas. Tomo I (Los escándalos de Crome, Un mundo feliz, Arte, amor y todo lo demás, Ciego en Gaza). (1960) 5 copias
Schöne neue Welt (mit "Dreißig Jahre danach") / Die Glockenbäume. Unterwegs in die Welt von morgen.… (1988) 4 copias
Och sen levde de lyckliga ... 4 copias
Das Lächeln der Gioconda. Jung-Archimedes. Zwei Novellen. Übersetzt v. Herberth E. Herlitschka. (1931) 4 copias
Königs Erläuterungen und Materialien: Interpretation zu Huxley. Schöne neue Welt (Brave New World) (2001) 4 copias
A Teacher's Guide to Brave New World: Common-Core Aligned Teacher Materials and a Sample Chapter (2014) 3 copias
Aldous Huxley 3 copias
Den mexikanska hatten 3 copias
Point Counter Point : vol 2 3 copias
Obras completas 3 copias
Aldous Huxley - Complete Essays (6 Volume Set - Complete) Vol. 1: 1920-1925; Vol. 2: 1926-1929; Vol. 3: 1930-1935; Vol.… (2000) 2 copias
ME E MIRA E BOTEVE 2 copias
Fard 2 copias
Brave New World 2 copias
Obras completas. I 2 copias
Holy Face, and other essays 2 copias
Apa och ande 1 copia
Si restul e tacere 1 copia
L'Arte di vivere 1 copia
An Encyclopedia of Pacifism 1 copia
Himmel og helvede 1 copia
Aldous Huxley - Il sorriso della Gioconda | August W. Derleth - La signora Lannisfree | - Lettera noiosa — Autor — 1 copia
Novelas II 1 copia
Los escǹdalos de Crome : novela 1 copia
Через много лет Гений и богиня 1 copia
Un mundo feliz 1 copia
Art and letters, war and peace 1 copia
LOS CUERVOS DEL JARDÍN 1 copia
Novelas Tomo I 1 copia
The French of Paris 1 copia
Louise de la Valliere 1 copia
The Adventure of Silver Blaze 1 copia
A Day in Windsor 1 copia
The Dwarfs 1 copia
Antologia do conto moderno — Autor — 1 copia
Harper's modern classics 1 copia
Fairy Godmother 1 copia
Weerzien met mijn nieuwe wereld 1 copia
Aldous Huxley Cartas 1 copia
Aldous Huxley Tutti i racconti 1 copia
The Claxtons 1 copia
Los escándalos de Crome, El sombrero mexicano, El pequeño Arquímedes, Un Mundo Feliz, Nueva visita… (2008) 1 copia
Unser Glaube 1 copia
el camino al infierno 1 copia
Aldous Huxley's Early Writings including (complete and unabridged) Crome Yellow, The Burning Wheel, The Defeat of Youth… (2015) 1 copia
Pripovjetke 1 copia
Aldous Huxley zum Gedächtnis 1 copia
New preface to an old book 1 copia
Verhalen 1 copia
Klett Lektürehilfen Brave New World: für Oberstufe und Abitur - Interpretationshilfe für die Schule (2007) 1 copia
Essays of Aldous Huxley 1 copia
Djevlene fra Loudun 1 copia
Beautiful new world Classic full translation Chinese and English version of two in one(Chinese Edition) (2018) 1 copia
Young Archimedes [short fiction] 1 copia
Markmid og Leidir 1 copia
Uncollected Stories 1 copia
1977 1 copia
1965 1 copia
O Céu e o Inferno 1 copia
A arte de ver 1 copia
℗L'℗arte della vista 1 copia
Αυτά τα γυμνά φύλλα 1 copia
Half-Holiday 1 copia
Poslije mnogih ljeta 1 copia
Brave New World [short story] 1 copia
LA PAIX DES PROFONDEURS. 1 copia
En port till andra varlden 1 copia
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The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Contribuidor — 147 copias
The Awakening of Faith: The Classic Exposition of Mahayana Buddhism (1960) — Prólogo, algunas ediciones — 67 copias
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1959) — Contribuidor — 55 copias
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contribuidor — 10 copias
Parabola: Myth and the Quest for Meaning, Vol. 7, No. 3: Ceremonies (1982) — Contribuidor — 10 copias
WHAT VEDANTA MEANS TO ME CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE ALDOUS HUXLEY - CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD - AND GERALD HEARD (1961) — Contribuidor — 8 copias
These Simple Things: Some Appreciations of the Small Joys in Daily Life (1965) — Contribuidor — 8 copias
Die zwei Kulturen : literarische und naturwissenschaftliche Intelligenz ; C. P. Snows These in der Diskussion (1967) — Contribuidor — 6 copias
The Best from Cosmopolitan — Contribuidor — 4 copias
Georgian Stories 1924 — Contribuidor — 2 copias
Meesters der vertelkunst : zevenenderdig verhalen uit de moderne wereldliteratuur (1975) — Contribuidor — 2 copias
Dystopia Boxed Set: 18 Dystopian Classics in One Edition — Contribuidor — 1 copia
7 Novel Dystopian Collection — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Best Crime Stories 2 — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Huxley, Aldous Leonard
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1894-07-26
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1963-11-22
- Lugar de sepultura
- Watts Memorial Chapel Cemetery, Compton, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- England, UK
USA (emigratie) - País (para mapa)
- England, UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Godalming, Surrey, England, UK
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Causa de fallecimiento
- laryngeal cancer
- Lugares de residencia
- Godalming, Surrey, England
Los Angeles, California, USA - Educación
- Eton College
Balliol Collage, Oxford University (BA|1916) - Ocupaciones
- writer
- Relaciones
- Huxley, Leonard (father)
Huxley, Matthew (son)
Huxley, Julian (brother)
Huxley, Laura Archera (wife)
Huxley, Thomas Henry (grandfather)
Ward, Mary Augusta (aunt) (mostrar todos 11)
Arnold, Matthew (great-uncle)
Ward, Thomas Humphry (uncle)
Arnold, Thomas (great-grandfather)
Huxley, Anthony (nephew)
Huxley, Francis (nephew) - Premios y honores
- 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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March 2013: Aldous Huxley en Monthly Author Reads (marzo 2013)
Fiction 'midget' parents of growing boy en Name that Book (marzo 2013)
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