Aldous Leonard Huxley (July 26, 1894 – November 22, 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. He wrote nearly fifty books—both novels and non-fiction works—as well as wide-ranging essays, narratives, and poems. Born into the prominent Huxley family, he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford with an undergraduate degree in English literature. Early in his career, he published short stories and poetry and edited the literary magazine Oxford Poetry, before going on to publish travel writing, satire, and screenplays. He spent the latter part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death. By the end of his life, Huxley was widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times and was elected Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1962.
Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 luglio 1894 – 22 novembre 1963) è stato uno scrittore e filosofo inglese. Scrisse quasi cinquanta libri, sia romanzi che opere di saggistica, oltre a saggi, narrazioni e poesie di vasta portata. Nato nella prominente famiglia Huxley, si laureò al Balliol College, Oxford, con una laurea in letteratura inglese. All'inizio della sua carriera, pubblicò racconti e poesie e curò la rivista letteraria Oxford Poetry, prima di passare alla scrittura di viaggi, satira e sceneggiature. Trascorse l'ultima parte della sua vita negli Stati Uniti, vivendo a Los Angeles dal 1937 fino alla sua morte. Alla fine della sua vita, Huxley era ampiamente riconosciuto come uno dei massimi intellettuali del suo tempo. Fu nominato al Premio Nobel per la Letteratura sette volte e fu eletto Companion of Literature dalla Royal Society of Literature nel 1962.
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| Back | Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher.[1][2][3][4] He wrote nearly fifty books[5][6]—both novels and non-fiction works—as well as wide-ranging essays, narratives, and poems. Born into the prominent Huxley family, he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford with an undergraduate degree in English literature. Early in his career, he published short stories and poetry and edited the literary magazine Oxford Poetry, before going on to publish travel writing, satire, and screenplays. He spent the latter part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death. By the end of his life, Huxley was widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times and was elected Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1962. Huxley was a humanist and pacifist. He grew interested in philosophical mysticism and universalism, addressing these subjects with works such as The Perennial Philosophy (1945)—which illustrates commonalities between Western and Eastern mysticism—and The Doors of Perception (1954)—which interprets his own psychedelic experience with mescaline. In his most famous novel Brave New World (1932) and his final novel Island (1962), he presented his vision of dystopia and utopia, respectively. |
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