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| 2 | ->''"When I first began to write fiction, I didn't think I was a comic writer; I thought I was a serious writer. I was surprised when the first novel I wrote was regarded as a funny novel."'' |
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| 4 | John Anthony Burgess Wilson, FRSL (25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993), better known as Anthony Burgess, was an English writer and linguist. |
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| 6 | Burgess' novels tend to focus on language acquisition, ConLang and NewSpeak, and many are quite incomprehsensible at first as a result. As much as he tried to cast ProtectionFromEditors (preferring the audience to figure the languages out for themselves), his publishers have consistently managed to sneak in glossaries and explanations. |
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| 8 | His most famous work of fiction is ''Literature/AClockworkOrange''. He also contributed to the caveman language in ''Film/QuestForFire'' and {{pragmatic|Adaptation}}ally translated theatre plays and operas such as ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'' and ''Theatre/{{Carmen}}'' in English. |
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