C. S. Forester

Personal information

Known for: Writing
Known credits: 23
Gender: Male
Born: August 27, 1899
Died: April 2, 1966
Place of birth: Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt [now Egypt]
Also known as: Cecil Louis Troughton SmithCecil Scott ForesterC.S. ForesterCS Forester

Biography

Cecil Scott "C.S." Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 — 2 April 1966), an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of naval warfare. His most notable works were the 11-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era, and The African Queen (1935; filmed in 1951 by John Huston). His novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.

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