Anthony Burgess biography

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Anthony Burgess was an English novelist, poet, playwright and composer born on February 25, 1917, in Manchester, England. In total, he wrote 33 novels, 25 non-fiction pieces, three symphonies, over 150 other musical works and other works. Well known novels included The Wanting Seed, Inside Mr. Enderby, Earthly Powers and A Clockwork Orange, the latter of which was adapted into a popular 1971 Stanley Kubrik film. Burgess died on November 22, 1993 in London.