Anthony Burgess

John Anthony Burgess Wilson, who published under the name Anthony Burgess, was an English writer and composer.

Although Burgess was primarily a comic writer, his dystopian satire *A Clockwork Orange* remains his best-known novel. In 1971, it was adapted into a controversial film by Stanley Kubrick, which Burgess said was chiefly responsible for the popularity of the book. Burgess produced numerous other novels, including the Enderby quartet, and Earthly Powers. He wrote librettos and screenplays, including the 1977 television mini-series Jesus of Nazareth. He worked as a literary critic for several publications, including The Observer and The Guardian, and wrote studies of classic writers, notably James Joyce. A versatile linguist, Burgess lectured in phonetics, and translated Cyrano de Bergerac, Oedipus Rex, and the opera Carmen, among others.

Burgess also composed over 250 musical works; he considered himself as much a composer as an author, although he achieved considerably more success in writing.

• A Clockwork Orange
  A Clockwork Orange 1972
• 1985
  1985 1978
• Literature--An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Writing--Eleventh Edition
  Literature--An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Writing--Eleventh Edition
• The Wanting Seed
  The Wanting Seed 1962
• The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• Earthly Powers
  Earthly Powers 1980
• Inside Mister Enderby

  
  Inside Mister Enderby 1963
• Here comes everbody

  
  Here comes everbody 1982
• A Dead Man in Deptford

  
  A Dead Man in Deptford 1993
• The Kingdom of the Wicked

  
  The Kingdom of the Wicked 1985
• A Mouthful of Air
  A Mouthful of Air 1992
• English literature
  English literature 1974
• The devil's mode
  The devil's mode 1989