Anthony Hope

Novelist, Author

1863 – 1933

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Who was Anthony Hope?

Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope, was an English novelist and playwright. Although he was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels, he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau. These works, "minor classics" of English literature, are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

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Born
Feb 9, 1863
Lower Clapton
Also known as
  • Anthony Hope Hawkins
Nationality
  • England
Profession
Education
  • Balliol College
  • Marlborough College
Died
Jul 8, 1933
Walton-on-the-Hill
Resting place
Church of St. Mary & St. Nicholas, Leatherhead

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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