Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad was born on Dec 03, 1857 in Ukraine]. Joseph Conrad's big-screen debut came with Victory directed by Maurice Tourneur in 1919. Joseph Conrad is known for Spec Ops: The Line directed by François Coulon, Nolan North stars as Capt. Martin Walker and Christopher Reid as 1st Lt. Alphonso Adams. The upcoming new movie Joseph Conrad plays is Lone Wolf which will be released on Sep 01, 2021.

Joseph Conrad was born in Berdichev, Kiev Province, now the Ukraine, to Polish parents Apollo Korzeniowski and Ewa Bobrowska. His father was a political activist and he and his family were exiled after he was suspected of involvement with revolutionary activities. Conrad had no friends as a child and rarely associated with boys or girls. His mother had always been a sickly person and died of tuberculosis in 1865. Conrad's father sent him to live with his uncle and pursue his education in France. Conrad's father died in 1869, also of tuberculosis. Conrad became an officer on British ships and spent two decades on various ships. Conrad was inspired to write "Heart of Darkness" after voyaging to Congo in 1890. In 1894, Conrad published his first novel and in 1896 he married Jessie George, an on-again off-again girlfriend. Conrad had few friends in adulthood, mainly fellow authors such as Stephen Crane and Henry James. Conrad died of a heart attack in 1924.