Born: 2 October 1904 · Died: 3 April 1991 · Age at death: 86
How old was Graham Greene when he died?
Graham Greene died aged 86. He was born on 2 October 1904 and died on 3 April 1991.
English novelist of Brighton Rock, The Power and the Glory and The Quiet American, and writer of The Third Man
Did you know?He was recruited by his sister into MI6 and worked as an intelligence officer during the Second World War.
Quick facts
Date of birth2 October 1904
Date of death3 April 1991
Age at death86
Cause of deathLeukemia
NationalityBritish
BirthplaceBerkhamsted, United Kingdom
Occupationwriter, novelist, playwright
Editor's Take:
Graham Greene wrote thrillers and serious novels with the same moral intensity. He grew up in Berkhamsted, where his father was headmaster, and was deeply unhappy at school. He converted to Catholicism in his twenties, and faith, guilt and betrayal fill his books. Brighton Rock, The Power and the Glory and The End of the Affair are his best known. He worked for MI6 during the Second World War. He travelled restlessly to places in crisis, from Mexico to Vietnam. He wrote the screenplay for the classic film The Third Man.
Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading novelists of the 20th century.
