108 years ago today, on February 25, 1917 (February 4, 1917 in the lunar calendar), British novelist Anthony Burgess was born. Anthony Burgess (1917~ 1993) is a famous contemporary British novelist, playwright, critic and composer. Born on February 25, 1917 in Manchester to a Catholic middle-class family. He majored in English Literature and English Phonetics at the University of Manchester. After graduating in 1940, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps for six years during the Second World War. He taught at the University of Birmingham from 1946 to 50, and was officially posted to Malaysia and Brunei from 1954 to 59 to be responsible for education. During this time, he accumulated a large amount of creative materials and completed the "Malayan Trilogy". Diagnosed with an incurable disease in 1959, he returned to China to become a professional writer, hoping to leave some security for his wife, but the diagnosis turned out to be wrong. Burgess wrote more than fifty books in his life, was nominated for a Nobel Prize, and his most famous novel was "A Clockwork Orange," which made him known as a novelist with a talent for comedy and satire. In addition, he also wrote "Lonely Palms," "The Missing Seed," "The Heart of Mr. Enderby," "The Night of St. Venus," "The Appearance of Enderby," "The Ending of Enderby," "Earthly Power," "The Kingdom of the Evil One," and "The Pianist." In addition to writing long and short stories, Burgess is also known for his literary criticism. He also wrote screenplays, translated plays, and wrote biographies of Hemingway, Joyce, and Shakespeare. In addition, he composed many pieces of music, including symphonies, operas, and jazz; it was Burgess's music that was playing on the radio at Joyce's funeral. Anthony Burgess died in London in 1993. The picture shows two of Burgess's works in Chinese translation.