Conrad, Joseph
Conrad, Joseph ( Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski ) ( 1857 – 1924 ),novelist and short story writer, born of Polish parents in the Russian-dominated Ukraine. His father's political sympathies caused the family to be exiled to Volagda in northern Russia, where Conrad's mother died when he was 7. After their return to Poland his father also died and Conrad was taken under the wing of his uncle, Tadeusz Bobrowski , who was to be a continuing influence on his life. From an early age he longed to go to sea and in 1874 he went to Marseilles, embarked on a French vessel, and began the career as a sailor which was to supply so much material for his writing. In 1886 he became a British subject and a master mariner and in 1894 , after 20 years at sea, he settled in England and devoted himself to writing. He published his first novel at the age of 38, writing in English, his third language.
In 1895 Conrad married ...
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