Edward Morgan Forster OM CH (1 January 1879 - 7 June 1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. Many of his novels examined class difference and hypocrisy in early 20th-century British society, notably A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910), and A Passage to India (1924), which brought him his greatest success. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 16 different years.
Brief Biography
- Date of Birth:
- January 1, 1879
- Date of Death:
- June 7, 1970
- Place of Birth:
- London
- Place of Death:
- Coventry, England
- Education:
- B. A. in classics, King's College, Cambridge, 1900; B. A. in history, 1901; M.A., 1910