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Aldous Huxley

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Aldous Huxley

Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer, novelist, philosopher, and prominent member of the Huxley family. He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with a first in English literature.

He was best known for his novels including Brave New World, set in a dystopian London; for non-fiction books, such as The Doors of Perception, which recalls experiences when taking a psychedelic drug; and a wide-ranging output of essays. Early in his career Huxley edited the magazine Oxford Poetry and published short stories and poetry. Mid career and later, he published travel writing, film stories, and scripts. He spent the later part of his life in the U.S., living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death. In 1962, a year before his death, he was elected Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature.

Wednesday Jul 11, 2018

Aldous Huxley: Experience

Experience is not what happens to you.
It's what you do with it what happens to you.

Monday Dec 11, 2017

Aldous Huxley: Expressing the inexpressible

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

Thursday Jan 19, 2017

Aldous Huxley: One corner of the universe

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.