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Anthony Burgess

Writer, Additional Credits
Born February 25, 1917Died November 22, 1993 (76 years)
John Anthony Burgess Wilson (25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993) was an English writer and composer.

Although Burgess was primarily a comic writer, his dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange remains his best-known novel. In 1971, it was adapted into a controversial film by Stanley Kubrick, which Burgess said was chiefly responsible for the popularity of the book. Burgess produced a number of other novels, including the Enderby quartet, and Earthly Powers. He wrote librettos and screenplays, including the 1977 television mini-series Jesus of Nazareth. He worked as a literary critic for several publications, including The Observer and The Guardian, and wrote studies of classic writers, notably James Joyce. A versatile linguist, Burgess lectured in phonetics, and translated Cyrano de Bergerac, Oedipus Rex, and the opera Carmen, among others. Burgess was nominated and shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1973.

Burgess also composed over 250 musical works; he considered himself as much a composer as an author, although he achieved considerably more success in writing.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Jesus of Nazareth
  • Moses the Lawgiver

Known For

  • A Clockwork Orange
  • Jesus of Nazareth
  • Vinyl
  • A.D. - Anno Domini
  • Moses the Lawgiver
  • Neanderthal (2001)

Anthony Burgess Filmography

1985
A.D. - Anno Domini (TV Series) · as Screenplay
1977
1976
Moses the Lawgiver · as Screenplay
1974
1971
A Clockwork Orange · as Novel
1965
Vinyl · as Novel

2023
2022
2011
Once Upon a Time… A Clockwork Orange · as Self (archive Footage)
2000
1988
1982
Wogan (TV Series) · as Self
1982
1979
Friday Night Saturday Morning (TV Series) · as Self
1978
The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self
1975
Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Self
1975
Apostrophes (TV Series) · as Self
1968
All My Loving · as Self
1968
The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1967
Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self
1966
Firing Line (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1965
Call My Bluff (1996) (TV Series) · as Self
1954
Camera Three (TV Series) · as Self
1952
Today (TV Series) · as Self

2000
Neanderthal (2001) (TV Series) · as Language Written & Devised By
1985
Cyrano de Bergerac · as Translation
1971
Great Performances (TV Series) · as Translation And Adaptation

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