Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) was a novelist, poet, playwright, composer, linguist, translator, and critic. Best known for his novel A Clockwork Orange, he wrote more than sixty books of fiction, non-fiction, and autobiography, as well as classical music, plays, film scripts, essays, and articles. Burgess was born in Manchester, England and grew up in Harpurhey and Moss Side. He was educated at Xaverian College and Manchester University. He lived in Malaya, Malta, Monaco, Italy, and the United States, and his books are still widely read all over the world. Jonathan Mann is editor of the Collected Poems of Anthony Burgess (Carcanet, 2020). He is a teacher, editor, researcher, poet, and musician. Jonathan's research on Burgess has been published in the following books: Anthony Burgess and France (2017); Marlowe, Shakespeare, Burgess. Anthony Burgess and his Elizabethan Affiliations (2012); and Anthony Burgess: Music in Literature and Literature in Music (2009). He is also co-founder/co-editor of the Journal of Impact Cultures. Jonathan is a curator of poetry through the Capital Letters live poetry series.
