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Aldous Huxley
A BBC Radio Collection
- Length
- 9 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher
- BBC Digital; 2024
- Catalogue Number
- 18347
- Synopsis
Philosopher, pacifist, psychonaut and prophet, Aldous Huxley was one of the 20th century's pre-eminent intellectuals and writers. The author of over 50 books, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize nine times, and elected Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1962, a year before his death.
Known for his mordant satire and visionary ideas, Huxley spanned the period from post-First World War disillusionment to mid-century mysticism, and the works in this collection reflect his literary evolution.
Valentine Cunningham presents, with contributions from Sybille Bedford, Lord Jenkins, Sir Stephen Spender, Gavin Ewart, Julian Symons and Lewis Wolpert, and archive recordings of Huxley, his brother Julian and contemporaries.