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Graham Greene

British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904–1991)

  • Fame68.7
  • Momentum0.4
  • Wikipedia57.3K
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Lived 1904–1991, aged 87United Kingdom
United KingdomUnited KingdomWritersWriter / Author
  • Wikipedia
    83 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1904–1991
    Aged 87
  • Known for
    The Green Mile
    1999
Summary
Updated 2026-06-09

He wrote novels that doubled as moral thrillers, turning faith and doubt into the same tense page-turner — Catholic guilt meets espionage, conscience under pressure in occupied territories and failed states. Shortlisted for the Nobel repeatedly, never won.

Biography

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Henry Graham Greene was born on 2 October 1904 in England. He converted to Catholicism in 1926 after meeting Vivien Dayrell-Browning, his future wife, though later in life he called himself a "Catholic agnostic". Across 67 years he wrote over 25 novels, splitting them into serious works and what he called "entertainments" — thrillers that still carried weight. The Power and the Glory won the 1941 Hawthornden Prize; The Heart of the Matter took the 1948 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He collaborated with Carol Reed on The Fallen Idol and The Third Man, both in the late 1940s, and many of his…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Graham Greene

Graham Greene
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A major character has to come somehow out of the unconscious.
— The New York Times (October 9, 1985)
Graham Greene
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The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At that moment he's alive and you leave it to him.
— The New York Times (October 9, 1985)
Graham Greene
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That instinct for human character that is perhaps inherent in an imaginative writer.
— Getting to know the General (1984)
Graham Greene
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The world is not black and white. More like black and grey.
— The Observer (London, January 2, 1983)
Graham Greene
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Heresy is only another word for freedom of thought.
— "Freedom of Thought," speech accepting the Jerusalem Prize (6 April 1981)
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68.7
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Momentum0.4
Historical26.1
Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
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