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Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad, born Tedor Josef Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski, was born December 3, 1857 in a Russian-ruled province of Poland. His parents' involvement in the Polish independence movement had them kicked out of Northern Russia in 1863. After his parents' deaths, he moved in with relatives where he was often ill and received little schooling.
At sixteen years of age, Conrad decided to become a seaman and he joined the British merchant marines in 1878. His lack of speaking the English language did not discourage him. During his ten years of service, Conrad became a British citizen, traveled the western continents, developed into a Captain and learned the English language.
Health problems caused his early retirement of the British merchant marines. In 1894, he started his career as a writer, using his seaman and sailing experience to write. In 1895, Conrad's first novel, Almayer's Folly, was published, with some of the book being written in the service.
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