Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He joined the British merchant marine in 1878, and was granted British nationality in 1886. Wikipedia Born : December 3, 1857, Berdychiv, Ukraine Died : August 3, 1924, Bishopsbourne, United Kingdom Movies : Apocalypse Now , The Duellists , Swept from the Sea , MORE Short stories : The Secret Sharer , Amy Foster , The Lagoon , YOUTH , MORE Quotes There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery. We live as we dream - alone. Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. Joseph Conrad, the first novelist of globalisation Raised speaking Polish and French, Joseph Conrad didn’t learn English until he was 21. But he became one of