Joseph Conrad
Born in 1857
Fiction
Joseph Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski , better known as Joseph Conrad, was a Polish-born English novelist.
He left Poland as a teenager to avoid Russian conscription, joining the French and British merchant marines.
Conrad's experiences, particularly in colonial Africa, profoundly influenced his writing.
He settled in England in 1894 and began his literary career.
Despite English being his third language, Conrad became a master stylist, combining English with French, Russian, and Polish sensibilities.
His works, including Heart of Darkness, explore themes of colonialism, human nature, and moral ambiguity.
Conrad is considered one of the most insightful and powerful novelists in the English canon.
