Edward Morgan Forster

Edward Morgan Forster (1879–1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and librettist, best known for his ironic and well-plotted novels that examined class difference and hypocrisy in early 20th-century British society. His humanistic impulse toward understanding and sympathy is often reflected in his work. Forster's novels include 'Where Angels Fear to Tread' (1905), 'The Longest Journey' (1907), 'A Room with a View' (1908), 'Howards End' (1910), and 'A Passage to India' (1924), which brought him his greatest success. His novel 'Maurice', exploring homosexual themes, was published posthumously in 1971. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature multiple times but never won. Despite his reservations about adaptations, many of his works have been successfully adapted into films.