Joseph Conrad's Death
Born (Birthday) December 3, 1857
Death Date August 3, 1924
Age of Death 66 years
Cause of Death Heart Attack
Profession Novelist
The novelist Joseph Conrad died at the age of 66. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Polish-born English author who wrote Lord Jim (1900) and Heart of Darkness (1899). The latter work was adapted into the 1979 Francis Ford Coppola film, Apocalypse Now.
He married Englishwoman, Jessie George, in March of 1896. The couple became parents to two children: Borys and John.
Quotes
"Only in men’s imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
"You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
"Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.
"They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.