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 tly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.
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Filmography
all 24
Movies 22
Writer 15
TV Shows 2
Creator 1
Novel
Hornblower (1998)
TV
Creator / Novel
Augsburger Puppenkiste - Drachen hat nicht jeder (1976)
TV
Adaptation / Novel
Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
Movie
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Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-08-27
Deathday
1966-04-02 (66 years old)
Birth Place
Cairo, Egypt
Citizenships
United Kingdom
Also Known As
Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, Cecil Scott Forester, C.S. Forester, CS Forester
Awards
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
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