John Galsworthy

John Galsworthy, OM (English: John Galsworthy, /ˈɡɔːlzwɜːrði/, August 14, 1867 - January 31, 1933), British novelist, playwright, winner of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Literature. Galsworthy was born into a wealthy family in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England. He studied law at Harrow School and New College, Oxford University, and became a barrister in 1890. However, he did not practice law after qualifying as a lawyer. Instead, he went abroad to help run the family business. During the journey, he met the writer Joseph Conrad. Galsworthy began writing in 1895, and the 1897 short story collection From the Four Winds was his first published work. His first published play, The Silver Box (1906), and his subsequent novel, The Man of Property (1906), were both successful. His and other contemporary writers (such as George Bernard Shaw) wrote works that dealt with social class systems and other issues, such as the play Strife (1909). Galsworthy won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his works The Forsytes trilogy ("The Man of Property", "Rent" and "Rent"). Galsworthy died of brain cancer at his home in London in 1933.