C. S. Forester
Cecil Scott "C.S." Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 — 2 April 1966), an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of naval warfare. His most notable works were the 11-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era, and The African Queen (1935; filmed in 1951 by John Huston). His novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. Description above from the Wikipedia article C. S. Forester, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
WritingBirthday
August 27, 1899Deathday
April 2, 1966Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
21Place of birth
Cairo, EgyptAlso known as
Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, Cecil Scott Forester, C.S. Forester, CS ForesterCrew credits
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NovelHornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
AuthorHornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
AuthorHornblower: Mutiny
AuthorForever and a Day
WriterSailor of the King
WriterHornblower: Retribution
AuthorHornblower: The Even Chance
NovelHornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
NovelCaptain Horatio Hornblower
Novel, AdaptationThe Pride and the Passion
NovelEagle Squadron
StoryHornblower: Loyalty
NovelThe African Queen
NovelCommandos Strike at Dawn
StoryBrown on Resolution
WriterHornblower: Duty
NovelSink the Bismarck!
BookGreyhound
NovelThe African Queen
NovelSynnitön lankeemus
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