Graham Greene
(1904-1991), NovelistSitter in 51 portraits
Greene began his career as a journalist for The Times. He converted to Roman Catholicism in 1926, the paradoxes of life and faith and the motives for committing to a cause or ideology, became the subject of his later writing. He achieved critical acclaim for works exploring profound moral dilemmas such as Brighton Rock, The Power and the Glory, The Heart of the Matter and The End of the Affair. During the Second World War, he worked as an intelligence officer, inspiring Our Man in Havana (1958) and his screenplay The Third Man (1949). In the 1960s he moved to Antibes, where he was awarded the chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by the French government in 1969.
by Dmitri Kasterine
digital print, 2009, based on a work of 1982
NPG P1330
by Lafayette
half-plate film negative, 19 July 1927
NPG x41946
possibly by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 23 October 1930
NPG Ax143292
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1930s
NPG Ax136135
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 7 June 1939
NPG x127590
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate nitrate negative, 7 June 1939
NPG x15393
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