John Galsworthy won a Nobel Prize in literature in 1932. He is best known for writing the Forsyte Saga. His first published play was The Silver Box. In 1890 Galsworthy was called to the bar but not interested in practicing law he began traveling abroad caring for his family's shipping business. Galsworthy campaigned for various social causes in his writing, including prison reform, censorship issues, women's rights, and the rights of animals.