C. S. FORESTER

C. S. Forester
C. S. Forester
Gender: Male
Known for: Writing
Birthday: August 27, 1899
Deathday: April 2, 1966
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt

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.

Notable work