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Aldous Huxley Aldous Leonard Huxley was born on July 26, 1894 in Surrey, England, as the third son of Dr. Leonard Huxley and Julia Arnold. He is the grandson of T.H. Huxley. Educated at Eton, Aldous Huxley was forced to leave the school at the age of seventeen due to an affliction of the eyes. He was left partially blind for two or three years and therefore was unable to complete the rigorous scientific training he had undertaken. When his eyesight improved, Huxley went to Oxford where he received a degree in English literature. Huxley's career started in journalism and included music and artistic criticism as well as book reviews. He also began writing poems, essays, and historical pieces. However, his satirical novels were better received by the public than his other writings. His first book was a volume of poetry called The Burning Wheel. While working as an editor for House and Garden during the1920's, Huxley wrote many novels including Brave New World. Huxley spent several years in Italy where he formed a friendship with D.H. Lawrence and even edited several of Lawrence's letters in 1933. In 1937 he moved to the United States. Huxley received the Award of Merit for the Novel from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1959. He was living in California at the time of his death on November 22, 1963. |
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