E. M. Forster

Edward Morgan Forster
Biografske informacije
Rođenje	Marylebone, London, Engleska
Smrt	7. 6. 1970. (dob: 91) Coventry, Warwickshire, Engleska
Obrazovanje
Zanimanje	romanopisac
Opus
1907 - 1930
Književne vrste	realizam moderna
Teme	klasna podjela
Inspiracija
Od Joseph Conrad, D.H. Lawrence
Na Siegfried Sassoon

Edward Morgan Forster, OM (1.1. 1879 – 7.6. 1970), bio je engleski romanopisac, novelist i esejist. Najpoznatiji je po ironičnim romanima kompliciranih zapleta koji su ispitivali klasne podjele i licemjerje britanskog društva na početku 20. vijeka.

Forster je bio homoseksualac, ali to javnost nije saznala za vrijeme njegovog života.^[1]

Značajna Forsterova djela

Romani

Where Angels Fear to Tread 1905; The Longest Journey 1907; A Room with a View 1908; Howards End 1910; A Passage to India 1924; Maurice (navodno napisan 1913-1914, izdan posthumno 1971, pripisuje se Forsteru); Arctic Summer 1980 (izdan posthumno, nedovršen)

Novele

The Celestial Omnibus (and other stories) 1911 · The Eternal Moment and other stories 1928 · Collected Short Stories (1947) (- a combination of the above two titles, containing: "The Story of A Panic" · "The Other Side Of The Hedge" · "The Celestial Omnibus" · "Other Kingdom" · "The Curate's Friend" · "The Road From Colonus" · "The Machine Stops" · "The Point Of It" · "Mr Andrews" · "Co-ordination" · "The Story Of The Siren" · "The Eternal Moment" · The Life to Come and other stories 1972 (posthumno) (sadrži sljedeće priče napisane između 1903. i 1960.: "Ansell" · "Albergo Empedocle" · "The Purple Envelope" · "The Helping Hand" · "The Rock" · "The Life to Come" · "Dr Woolacott" · "Arthur Snatchfold" · "The Obelisk" · "What Does It Matter? A Morality" · "The Classical Annex" · "The Torque" · "The Other Boat" · "Three Courses and a Dessert: Being a New and Gastronomic Version of the Old Game of Consequences") · "My Wood"

Drame

Abinger Pageant 1934 · England's Pleasant Land 1940

Filmski scenariji

A Diary for Timothy 1945 (režija Humphrey Jennings, naracija Michael Redgrave)

Libreto

Billy Budd 1951 (temeljen na Melvilleovom romanu, za Brittenovu operu)

Zbirka eseja i radio-obraćanja

Abinger Harvest 1936 · Two Cheers for Democracy 1951

Književna kritika

Aspects of the Novel 1927 · The Feminine Note in Literature (posthumno) 2001

Biografije

Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson 1934 · Marianne Thornton, A Domestic Biography 1956

Putopisi

Alexandria: A History and Guide 1922 · Pharos and Pharillon (A Novelist's Sketchbook of Alexandria Through the Ages) 1923 · The Hill of Devi 1953

Razno

Selected Letters 1983-1985 · Commonplace Book 1985 · Locked Diary (treba izaći 2007)

Znameniti filmovi temeljeni na Forsterovim romanima

• A Passage to India (1984), rež. David Lean
• A Room with a View (1985), rež. James Ivory
• Maurice (1987), rež. James Ivory
• Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991), rež. Charles Sturridge
• Howards End (1992), rež. James Ivory

Reference

Vanjske veze

E. M. Forster na Wikimedijinoj ostavi

• Aspects of E.M. Forster
• Howards End Page Arhivirano 2006-08-11 na Wayback Machine-u at Kingwood College Library
• 'Only Connect': The unofficial Forster site
• Pharos: E. M. Forster
• Djela čiji je autor E. M. Forster na Projektu Gutenberg
• The Paris Review interview with E. M. Forster
• E.M. Forster Arhivirano 2006-10-19 na Wayback Machine-u na glbtq.com
• With Downcast Gays, Andrew Hodges and David Hutter, The Gay Liberation pamphlet, (1974)