War of the Worlds is a legendary novel that has inspired entire generations of science fiction writers and has been repeatedly filmed. It tells of the capture of the Earth by aliens from Mars. Probably, all more or less educated people know about who wrote the “War of the Worlds”.
Of course, the author of this exciting work is Herbert Wells. This writer lived at the turn of the past and the century before last in Great Britain.
A Brief Biography of G. Wells
The future famous writer was born in the city of Bromley on September 21, 1866. His father at that time was a simple gardener, and his mother was a maid. A little later, the Wells family managed to save some money and become owners of a small porcelain goods store. This business brought little income and the family of the future science fiction lived mainly on the money earned by his father by playing cricket.
Studied the author of "War of the Worlds" Herbert Wells at Kings College in London. He received his diploma in 1888. Later, he was awarded two academic titles and in the end he became a doctor of biology. In 1893, Herbert Wells decided to take up journalism professionally.
The writer was married twice. But the relationship with his first wife did not work out. Wells' second wife bore him two sons and died of cancer. The last love of the writer was Maria Zakrevskaya-Budberg. This Soviet diplomat was allegedly a double agent of British intelligence and the OGPU. Wells began dating her after she broke up with Maxim Gorky.
G. Wells died in August 1946, on the 13th, at the age of 80 due to metabolic problems. On August 16, the writer was cremated at the Golden Green in London.
Which books is the author of
Who wrote the "War of the Worlds", know all fans of science fiction. The work is actually very famous and popular. But besides him, Wells also owns such famous novels as, for example:
- "Invisible Man";
- "People are like gods";
- "When the sleeper wakes up" and others.
The very first book Wells wrote was The Time Machine. This work was published in 1895. That is, two years after the writer became a journalist.
