birth_date: 1863-02-09 00:00:00
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name: Anthony Hope
about: Prolific English novelist and playwright Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins especially composed adventure. People remember him best only for book The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel book Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature, set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania, spawned the genre, known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda inspired many adaptations, most notably the Hollywood movie of 1937 of the same name. Prolific English novelist and playwright Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins especially composed adventure. People remember him best only for book The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel book Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature, set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania, spawned the genre, known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda inspired many adaptations, most notably the Hollywood movie of 1937 of the same name. ...more
death_date: 1933-07-08 00:00:00