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E. M. Forster
Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970) was an English author. He is best known for his novels, particularly ''A Room with a View'' (1908), ''Howards End'' (1910) and ''A Passage to India'' (1924). He also wrote numerous short stories, essays, speeches and broadcasts, as well as a limited number of biographies and some medieval pageant, pageant plays. He also co-authored the opera ''Billy Budd (opera), Billy Budd'' (1951). Many of his novels examine class differences and hypocrisy. His views as a humanist are at the heart of his work. Considered one of the most successful of the Edwardian era English novelists, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 22 separate years. He declined a British honours system#Knighthood, knighthood in 1949, was made a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in 1953, and in 1961 he was one of the first five authors named as a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature. After attending Tonbridge ...
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