Back سي. إس. فورستر Arabic سى. اس. فورستر ARZ C. S. Forester Czech C.S. Forester Danish Cecil Scott Forester German Σέσιλ Σκοτ Φόρεστερ Greek Cecil Scott Forester Spanish C. S. Forester Basque C. S. Forester Finnish C. S. Forester French
C. S. Forester | |
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| Born | Cecil Louis Troughton Smith 27 August 1899 Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt |
| Died | 2 April 1966 (aged 66) Fullerton, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Alleyn's School, Dulwich College |
| Genre | Adventure, drama, sea stories |
| Spouse | Kathleen Belcher
(m. 1926; div. 1945)Dorothy Foster (m. 1947) |
| Children | John (1929-2020); George |
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.
The Hornblower novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. Other works include The African Queen and The Good Shepherd, both of which were later adapted as movies.
During World War II, he moved to Washington, D.C. where he worked for the British Ministry of Information, writing propaganda for the Allied cause. He subsequently settled in Fullerton, California, where he died in 1966 of complications arising from a stroke.