| Aldous Huxley was born in 1894, the third son of Leonard Huxley (the biographer and editor of the Cornhill Magazine) and grandson of Thomas Aldous Huxley. His mother, who died when Aldous was fourteen, was the niece of Matthew Arnold; his brother was Sir Julian Huxley. | Aldous Huxley nació en 1894, el tercer hijo de Leonard Huxley (el biógrafo y editor de la revista Cornhill) y nieto de Thomas Huxley Aldous. Su madre, que murió cuando Aldous tenía catorce años, era sobrina de Matthew Arnold, su hermano fue Sir Julian Huxley. |
| In 1916 Aldous Huxley took a first in English at Balliol College, Oxford, despite a condition of near-blindness which had developed while he was at Eton. | En 1916 Aldous Huxley tomó por primera vez en Inglés en el Balliol College de Oxford, a pesar de la condición de casi ceguera que se había desarrollado mientras estaba en Eton. |
| During 1919 he married Maria Nys, a Belgian, and in the same year he joined The Athenaeum under Midleton Murry, Katherine Masfield's husband. His first book of verse had been published in 1916 and two more followed. | En 1919 se casó con Maria Nys, un belga, y en el mismo año se unió a The Athenaeum bajo Midleton Murry, el marido de Katherine Masfield de. Su primer libro de poemas fue publicado en 1916 y siguieron dos más. |
| Then, in 1920, Limbo, a collection of short stories was published. A year later Crome Yellow, Huxley's first novel appeared and his reputation was firmly established. From the first, the public recognized that the strength of Huxley´s writing lay in his combination of dazzling dialogue and surface cynicism (often very funny indeed) with a foundation of great conviction in the emancipating influences he was to exert. | Luego, en 1920, Limbo, una colección de cuentos fue publicado. Un año más tarde Crome Yellow, la primera novela de Huxley apareció y su reputación se estableció firmemente. Desde el principio, el público reconoció que la fuerza de la escritura de Huxley estaba en su deslumbrante combinación de diálogo y el cinismo de superficie (a menudo muy divertido por cierto) con una base de gran convicción en las influencias emancipadoras que iba a ejercer. |
Aldous Huxley was born in 1894, the third son of Leonard Huxley (the biographer and editor of the Cornhill Magazine) and grandson of Thomas Aldous Huxley. His mother, who died when Aldous was fourteen, was the niece of Matthew Arnold; his brother was Sir Julian Huxley.
In 1916 Aldous Huxley took a first in English at Balliol College, Oxford, despite a condition of near-blindness which had developed while he was at Eton. During 1919 he married Maria Nys, a Belgian, and in the same year he joined The Athenaeum under Midleton Murry, Katherine Masfield's husband. His first book of verse had been published in 1916 and two more followed. Then, in 1920, Limbo, a collection of short stories was published. A year later Crome Yellow, Huxley's first novel appeared and his reputation was firmly established. From the first, the public recognized that the strength of Huxley´s writing lay in his combination of dazzling dialogue and surface cynicism (often very funny indeed) with a foundation of great conviction in the emancipating influences he was to exert.