M.K. Joseph

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M.K. Joseph


Born
in Chingford, Essex, The United Kingdom
July 09, 1914

Died
October 04, 1981

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Michael Kennedy Joseph (9 July 1914 – 4 October 1981) was a poet and novelist of the 1950s–70s, one of the most important writers of that period, best known subsequently for his science fiction and the novel A Soldier’s Tale (1976). Diverse in subject and genre, his work combines intellectual with populist elements, international with local interests, and experimentalism of form with a more traditional moral and metaphysical enquiry. His work ranged from I'll Soldier No More, A Pound of Saffron and A Soldier's Tale to the science fiction works The Hole in the Zero and The Time of Achamoth to a historical novel Kaspar's Journey based on the medieval Children's Crusade. The Hole in the Zero includes the first known use of the word "hoverboard ...more

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A soldier's tale

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The Hole in the Zero

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The Time of Achamoth

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Kaspar's journey

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Byron the Poet

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Inscription on a paper dart...

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Modern Media Communication

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Freedom of the Press

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De tijd van nergens

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Basic Source Material for N...

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