-
-
A literary and artistic movement that provided a radical breaks with traditional modes of Western art, thought, religion, social conventions, and morality. Major themes of this period include the attack on notions of hierarchy; experimentation in new forms of narrative, such as stream of consciousness; doubt about the existence of knowable, objective reality; attention to alternative viewpoints and modes of thinking; and self-referentiality as a means of drawing attention to the relationships be
-
-
An informal group of friends and lovers, including Clive Bell, E. M. Forster, Roger Fry, Lytton Strachey, Virginia Woolf, and John Maynard Keynes, who lived in the Bloomsbury section of London in the early 20th century and who had a considerable liberalizing influence on British culture.
-
"In consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author."
-
"The Wind in the Willows"
8 March 1859 – 6 July 1932 -
-
-
-
-
An avant-garde movement that began in response to the devastation of World War I. Based in Paris and led by the poet Tristan Tzara, the Dadaists produced nihilistic and antilogical prose, poetry, and art, and rejected the traditions, rules, and ideals of prewar Europe.
-
-
-
-
-
-
is the autobiographical account of the experiences of British soldier T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia"), while serving as a liaison officer with rebel forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks of 1916 to 1918.
-
"For his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation."
-
"For his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty."
-
-
-
-
-
-
"For his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in The Forsyte Saga."
-
-
-
-
-
: A notoriously ambiguous term, especially as it refers to literature, postmodernism can be seen as a response to the elitism of high modernism as well as to the horrors of World War II. Postmodern literature is characterized by a disjointed, fragmented pastiche of high and low culture that reflects the absence of tradition and structure in a world driven by technology and consumerism. Julian Barnes, Don DeLillo, Toni Morrison, Vladimir Nabokov, Thomas Pynchon, Salman Rushdie, and Kurt Vonnegut
-
-
"For his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry."
-
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King -
-
A group of male British writers who created visceral plays and fiction at odds with the political establishment and a self-satisfied middle class. John Osborne’s play Look Back in Anger (1957) is one of the seminal works of this movement.
-
"In recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought."
-
Murder mystery play. Has been running continiously since 1952.
-
-
"For his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values."
-
First "Casino Royale"
Last "Octopussy and the Living Daylights" -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Children book
-
-
-
-
-
-
"For his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation."
-
-
-
-
-
-
"For his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today."
-
-
"For works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past."
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
