Aldous Huxley

Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books, including <a href="/facts/Non-fiction_novel/wKkRTj7w">non-fiction works</a>, as well as essays, <a href="/facts/Narrative/RIVoxJpV">narratives</a>, and poems.
Born into the prominent <a href="/facts/Huxley_family/krP9o8oE">Huxley family</a>, he graduated from <a href="/facts/Balliol_College,_Oxford/Hlazbx7N">Balliol College, Oxford</a>, with a degree in <a href="/facts/English_literature/7YWg6vJf">English literature</a>. Early in his career, he published short stories and poetry and edited the literary magazine <a href="/facts/Oxford_Poetry/KnNqxLuK">Oxford Poetry</a>, before going on to publish <a href="/facts/Travel_writing/8rBwGtaE">travel writing</a>, satire, and screenplays. He spent the latter part of his life in the United States, living in <a href="/facts/Los_Angeles/pyXpYEX9">Los Angeles</a> from 1937 until his death. By the end of his life, Huxley was widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time. He was nominated for the <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature/wWVXbIbp">Nobel Prize in Literature</a> nine times, and was elected <a href="/facts/Companion_of_Literature/rw0PrYhK">Companion of Literature</a> by the <a href="/facts/Royal_Society_of_Literature/kPaMqF3R">Royal Society of Literature</a> in 1962.
Huxley was a <a href="/facts/Pacifist/zN1mCGPx">pacifist</a>. He grew interested in philosophical <a href="/facts/Mysticism/3Rfb7zEd">mysticism</a>, as well as <a href="/facts/Universalism/KWh6A8Cl">universalism</a>, addressing these subjects in his works such as <a href="/facts/The_Perennial_Philosophy/CNBoH1sS">The Perennial Philosophy</a> (1945), which illustrates commonalities between <a href="/facts/Western_esotericism/AW5dDFh1">Western</a> and <a href="/facts/Eastern_philosophy/nkrrXEFz">Eastern</a> mysticism, and <a href="/facts/The_Doors_of_Perception/SW4qdK4p">The Doors of Perception</a> (1954), which interprets his own <a href="/facts/Psychedelic_experience/8uJ4ce7r">psychedelic experience</a> with <a href="/facts/Mescaline/Y6gXHD9T">mescaline</a>. In his most famous novel <a href="/facts/Brave_New_World/D24coUVV">Brave New World</a> (1932) and his final novel <a href="/facts/Island_(Huxley_novel)/Rk9MuD6h">Island</a> (1962), he presented his visions of <a href="/facts/Dystopia/c5dGl7Ap">dystopia</a> and <a href="/facts/Utopia/Jddz3yUp">utopia</a>, respectively.

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Aldous Huxley