C. S. Forester | |
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| Born | Cecil Louis Troughton Smith 27 August 1899 Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt |
| Died | 2 April 1966 (aged 66) Fullerton, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Alleyn's School, Dulwich College |
| Genre | Adventure, drama, sea stories |
| Spouse | Kathleen Belcher
(m. 1926; div. 1945)Dorothy Foster (m. 1947) |
| Children | 2; including John |
Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 – 2 April 1966), known by his pen name Cecil Scott "C. S." Forester, was an English novelist known for writing tales of naval warfare, such as the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars.
The Hornblower novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction in 1938. His other works include The African Queen (1935; turned into a 1951 film by John Huston) and The Good Shepherd (1955; turned into a 2020 film, Greyhound, adapted by and starring Tom Hanks). During the Second World War, he moved to Washington D.C. where he worked for the British Ministry of Information, writing propaganda for the Allied cause.