• 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941• One of the most influential writers of the 20th

century• Major works: - Ulysses - Dubliners (1914) - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) - Finnegans Wake (1939)• Complete oeuvre: - three books of poetry - a play - occasional journalism - published letters

• Middle class family in Dublin• Student at the Jesuit schools and University

College Dublin• He lived in Trieste, Paris and Zurich• Joyce's fictional universe does not extend

beyond Dublin• His characters were closely resemble family

members, enemies and friends.• ."For myself, I always write about Dublin,

because if I can get to the heart of Dublin I can get to the heart of all the cities of the world. In the particular is contained the universal."

• (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930)• English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist,

literary critic and painter.• His works represent an extended reflection of

the effects of industrialization.• His opinions earned him many enemies.• When he died, people thought he had wasted

his talent.• E. M. Forster changed that view of him.• Lawrence is now valued as a significant

representative of modernism in English literature.

Lawrence is perhaps best known for his novels: Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love Lady Chatterley's Lover.

• (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963)• English writer.• One of the most prominent members of the

famous Huxley family.• Best known for his novels and essays.• He lived in Los Angeles from 1937 until his

death.• Was a humanist, pacifist, and satirist.• He was interested in spiritual subjects.

•His most famous novel:•Brave New World•Others:•Point Counter Point •After Many a Summer

• (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950)• English novelist and journalist.• His work is marked by: - Intelligence and wit. - Deep conscience of social injustice. - Intense opposition to totalitarianism. - Passion for clarity in language. - A belief in democratic socialism.• The 20th century's best chronicler of English

culture.

• Wrote literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism.• Some of his works: - Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) - Animal Farm (1945)• The Times ranked him second on a list of

"The 50 greatest British writers since 1945“• His influence on popular and political culture

endures.

• (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950)• Irish playwright .• A co-founder of the London School of

Economics.• Drama as main talent.• He examined education, marriage, religion,

government, health care, and class privilege.• He was angered by the exploitation of the

working class.• He was active in local politics for a short time.

• He is the only person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize in Literature (1925) and an Oscar (1938).• He wanted to refuse his Nobel Prize because

he had no desire for public honors.• His wife considered the Nobel Prize as a

tribute to Ireland, so he accepted it.• He reject the monetary award, requesting it

be used to finance translation of Swedish books into English.

• (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946)• English author, now best known for his work

in the science fiction genre.• Other genres: - contemporary novels - history - politics and social commentary - rules for war games• "The Father of Science Fiction".

•The most famous science fiction novels :

• The Time Machine, •The Island of Doctor Moreau,• The Invisible Man, •The War of the Worlds,• When the Sleeper Wakes, • The First Men in the Moon

• Wells's earliest training was in biology, and his thinking on Darwinian context.• He was also from an early date a socialist,

often sympathizing with pacifist views.• His later works became increasingly political

and didactic.• Many of his novels had nothing to do with

science fiction.• His work sometimes led Wells to be successor

to Charles Dickens.

• Wells wrote abundantly about the "New Woman”.• Wells expressed himself through his drawings

and sketches. • During his marriage to Amy Catherine, he

wrote a considerable number of pictures, many of them being overt comments on their marriage.