C.S. Forester date of birth:
August 27, 1899
How old was C.S. Forester when died?
66
Where was C.S. Forester born?
Cairo, Egypt
When did C.S. Forester die?
April 2, 1966
What is C.S. Forester nationality?
British
What is C.S. Forester's occupation?
Novelist
What genre is C.S. Forester's work?
Adventure, drama, sea stories
Short Biography
Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 – 2 April 1966), known by his pen name Cecil Scott "C. S." Forester, was an English novelist known for writing tales of naval warfare such as the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic wars. His other works include The African Queen (1935; filmed in 1951 by John Huston), as well as A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours, which were jointly awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction in 1938.