John Galsworthy

English novelist and playwright (1867–1933)

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About

John Galsworthy was a British writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. Born into a wealthy family, he studied at Harrow and Oxford before turning to writing. His major work, The Forsyte Saga, depicts the changes in the English upper-middle class. As a committed playwright, he addressed social issues such as justice and prison reform. He was the first president of PEN International and received the Order of Merit in 1929.

* 1867-08-14 — † 1933-01-28

Major works

The Forsyte Saga (1922)novel
The Man of Property (1906)novel
The Silver Box (1906)play
Strife (1909)play
Justice (1910)play

Key milestones

1932Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1921Becomes the first president of PEN International.
1929Appointed to the Order of Merit.

Themes

Social classJusticePropertyPrison reformFamily decline

Sources: nobelprize.org · heritage.humanists.uk

“If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.”

— John GalsworthyTheme · Personal Development

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“The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.”

— John GalsworthyTheme · Wisdom

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“Justice is a machine that, when someone has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself.”

— John GalsworthyTheme · Politics

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“Essential characteristics of a gentleman: The will to put himself in the place of others; the horror of forcing others into positions from which he would himself recoil; the power to do what seems to him to be right, without considering what others may say or think.”

— John GalsworthyTheme · Society

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