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Aldous Leonard Huxley was born 26 July 1894 in Godalming. He graduated from Balliol College at the University of Oxford with a first class honours in English literature. He was an English writer, humanist, pacifist, and satirist.
Huxley was probably best known for his novel ‘Brave New World’ published in 1932, which was set in Surrey. He spent the latter part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death.
In 1962, a year before his death, he was elected Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature.
He died 22 November 1963 in Los Angeles, California and his remains are interred at Compton, Surrey.
Novels
1921 Crome Yellow
1923 Antic Hay
1925 Those Barren Leaves
1928 Point Counter Point
1932 Brave New World
1936 Eyeless in Gaza
1939 After Many a Summer
1948 Ape and Essence
1955 The Genius and the Goddess
1962 Island
Novellas
1930 After the Fireworks
Short story collections
1920 Limbo
1922 Mortal Coils
1924 Little Mexican (US title: Young Archimedes)
1926 Two or Three Graces
1930 Brief Candles
Jacob's Hands: A Fable (co-written with Christopher
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