Graham Greene

Novelist
BIRTHDAY
October 2,1904
Birthplace
England
Age
Apr 3,1991,age 86
Birth Sign
Libra
BIRTHDAY
October 2,1904 (age Apr 3,1991,age 86)
Birthplace
England

About

British author, playwright, and literary critic whose works include The Third Man, Brighton Rock, and The Human Factor. He was the 1961 runner-up for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Before Fame

He attended Balliol College, Oxford and published his first book of poems, Babbling April, in 1925.

Trivia

He received an Academy Award nomination for his screenplay for The Fallen Idol.

Family Life

He wed Vivien Dayrell-Browning in 1927. After the births of his two children, Caroline and Francis, he had an affair with his married goddaughter, Catherine Walston.

Associated With

He has been compared to Henry James.