Last name: Korzeniowski
Name/names: Theodore, Józef, Konrad
Also known as: Conrad Joseph
Born: 3 December 1857 (Berdyczów, Ukraine)
Died: 3 August 1924 (Canterbury, United Kingdom)
Category: Literature.
Living in the years 1857-1924 Joseph Conrad (Theodore Józef Konrad Korzeniowski), English writer of Polish origin, He was the son of Apollon Korzeniowski, poet and translator. In childhood, he and his parents went to exile deep into Russia (1862-1867). Aged 17 years decided to go to France, where he became a sailor. For a year 1878 He was already swimming in an English sales jacket, reaching the rank of captain. In year 1894 He stopped swimming, He settled in England and began his writer's career. He used his own experience gained in twenty years, he spent at sea.
He wrote among others: Lord Jim (1901), The nucleus of darkness (1902), Typhoon (1903), Shadow streak (1914).