By his own admission, he had not yet mastered the art of fully developing his ideas prior to commencing work. This time he injected an element of discipline into his efforts, slashing his daily production by two-thirds. After four rejections, Forester gave up on the manuscript and started another. Two Books a Year Forester wrote his first novel in two weeks at the astonishing rate of six thousand words a day, had it typed, and sent it off to a publishing house. In 1921, he adopted the pen name Cecil Scott Forester and embarked on a career as an author. During the trip he came to terms with his rejection for military service and decided to enter medical school however, he turned out to have a profound ineptitude for anatomy. In August 1918, bereft of friends lost in the war, which was nearing its end, Forester went on a solitary four-week camping trip. Nearly a million British soldiers alone were killed, wiping out much of a generation of young men. The war soon engulfed nearly the whole of Europe, resulting in massive loss of life for soldiers and civilians alike. World War I was caused by territorial tensions and entangling alliances that were spun into action by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He also developed a precocious interest in naval battles and military strategy.Įffects of War In secondary school during World War I, Forester attended Officers' Training Corps but was disqualified for military service due to a heart condition. From early on, he read voraciously, a book a day or more. His mother returned home to England with Forester and his four older siblings so they could be educated there. Forester was born Cecil Lewis Troughton Smith in Cairo on August 27, 1899, the son of George Smith, an official in the Egyptian Ministry of Education, and his wife, Sarah (née Troughton). Works in Biographical and Historical Contextīirth in Egypt C. His careful research and absorbing plots made him one of the top producers of popular fiction in English in the mid-twentieth century. The British author was an outstanding storyteller who wrote highly cinematic fiction, and many of his books were adapted for film, including The African Queen (1935). Forester wrote action and adventure novels characterized by historical detail and unpretentious language. MAJOR WORKS: The African Queen (1935) The General (1936)Ī prolific author whose career spanned over forty years, C. DIED: 1966, Fullerton, California, U.S.A.
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