- Born
- December 3, 1857
- Died
- August 3, 1924 (aged 66)
- Known as
- writer, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, science fiction writer, autobiographer
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and – though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties – he became a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature.
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