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John Galsworthy, recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born into an upper-middle-class family in Surrey, England. His father was a solicitor. He was educated at Harrow and New College at Oxford. In 1890 he was called to the bar, but he never practised law.
Galsworthy wrote 20 novels, 27 plays, and 173 short stories. His first work, FROM THE FOUR WINDS, was published when he was 30. He is most famous for THE FORSYTE SAGA, a series of novels published between 1906 and 1921.
John Galsworthy died in Grove Lodge, Hampstead in 1933.
CHRONOLOGY
1867 He was born in Surrey, England. (August 14)
1890 He was called to the bar.
1897 FROM THE FOUR WINDS
1898 JOCELYN
1900 VILLA RUBEIN
1901 A MAN OF DEVON
1904 THE ISLAND PHARISEES; His father died.
1905 He married Ada Pearson.
1906 THE SILVER BOX; THE MAN OF PROPERTY
1907 THE COUNTRY HOUSE
1908 A COMMENTARY
1909 FRATERNITY; THE SILVER BOX; A JUSTIFICATION FOR THE CENSORSHIP OF PLAYS; STRIFE; FRATERNITY; JOY
1910 JUSTICE; A MOTLEY; THE SPIRIT OF PUNISHEMENT; HORSES IN MINES
1911 THE PATRICIAN; THE LITTLE DREAM
1912 THE PIGEON; THE ELDEST SON; MOODS, SONGS, AND DOGGERELS; FOR LOVE OF BEASTS; THE INN OF TRANQUILLITY
1913 THE DARK FLOWER; THE FUGITIVE
1914 THE MOB
1915 THE FREELANDS; THE LITTLE MAN; A BIT'S LOVE
1916 A SHEAF
1917 BEYOND; He refused knighthood.
1918 FIVE TALES
1919 A SAINT'S PROGRESS
1920 THE FOUNDATIONS; IN CHANCRY; AWAKENING; THE SKIN GAME; IN CHANCERY; AWAKENING
1921 TO LET
1922 A FAMILY MAN; THE LITTLE MAN; LOYALTIES; WINDOWS
1923 CAPTURES
1924 ABRACADABRA; THE FOREST; OLD ENGLISH; THE WHITE MONKEY; He founded the writer's organization, PEN.
1925 THE SHOW
1926 ESCAPE; VERSES NEW AND OLD; THE SILVER SPOON,
1927 CASTLES IN SPAIN; TWO FORSYTE INTERLUDES
1928 SWAN SONG
1929 EXILED; THE ROOF
1930 ON FORSYTE CHANGE; TWO ESSAYS ON CONRAD; SOAMES AND THE FLAG
1931 THE CREATION OF CHARACTER IN LITERATURE; MAID IN WAITING
1932 FLOWERING WILDERNESS; He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1933 OVER THE RIVER; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL LETTERS OF GALSWORTHY: A CORRESPONDENCE WITH FRANK HARRISTHE; He died in Grove Lodge, Hampstead. (January 31)
1934 COLLECTED POEMS; END OF THE CHAPTER
1935 PUNCH AND GO; THE LIFE AND LETTERS; THE WINTER GARDEN; FORSYTES, PENDYCES AND OTHERS; END OF THE CHAPTER; SELECTED SHORT STORIES
1937 GLIMPSES AND REFLECTIONS
1968 GALSWORTHY'S LETTERS TO LEON LION
1970 LETTERS FROM JOHN GALSWORTHY 1900-1932
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