D.H. Lawrence
Born in 1885
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David Herbert Richards Lawrence was a prolific English writer active in the early 20th century.
His diverse body of work includes novels, short stories, poems, essays, and paintings.
Lawrence's writing often explored themes of human sexuality, emotional health, and the dehumanizing effects of modernity and industrialization.
Controversial in his time, he faced censorship and persecution, spending much of his later life in self-imposed exile.
Initially dismissed as a pornographer, Lawrence's reputation has since been rehabilitated, with critics recognizing his artistic integrity and significance as a modernist writer.
His novel Lady Chatterley's Lover remains his most famous and controversial work.
