So sad. He wrote The French Lieutenant's Woman and The Collector, both of which were adapted into great films. He also wrote The Magus, which I had to read and write on in grad school.. not easy.

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John Fowles (March 31, 1926 - November 5, 2005) was an English novelist and essayist. He was born in Leigh-on-Sea, a small town in Essex, near London. After attending Bedford School and Oxford University, where he studied French, he taught in France and Greece. The publishing and international success of his first novel, The Collector, ended his teaching career and started his literary career. Among his other significant works are the novels The Magus and The French Lieutenant's Woman. The Aristos is his most well-known non-fiction work, is a collection of philosophical reflections. At the end of his life he lived in Lyme Regis, Dorset. Most critics have considered John Fowles as a well reputed forefather of British postmodernism.

Fowles died at his home in Lyme Regis, Dorset on Saturday, November 5, 2005, aged 79, after battling a long illness, his publisher said.
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