Graham Greene

Graham Greene was born in Berkhamsted, England, in 1904 and converted to Catholicism in 1926, a faith that profoundly shaped his literary vision. He worked as a journalist and intelligence officer, experiences that informed his vivid portrayals of conflict and espionage. Greene’s major novels include The End of the Affair, a haunting meditation on love and faith; The Heart of the Matter, set in colonial West Africa; and The Quiet American, a prescient critique of American intervention in Vietnam. He also wrote celebrated entertainments such as Brighton Rock and Our Man in Havana. Greene’s work is distinguished by its taut prose, moral complexity, and ability to render the seedy and the sacred with equal gravity. He is widely regarded as one of the foremost English novelists of the 20th century, influencing generations of writers with his fusion of literary seriousness and gripping narrative.