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Henry Graham Greene, OM, CH (2 October 1904 - 3 April 1991) was a British writer.

Greene was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. He graduated with a second-class degree from Balliol College, Oxford. He was a journalist before he became a novelist.

Greene wrote novels, autobiographies, travel books, plays, screenplays, short stories and children's books. His Catholicism influenced his work.

Greene had bipolar disorder. He died of leukaemia in Vevey, Switzerland.

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  • St. John’s boarding house Berkhamsted 1

    Greene was born in Berkhamsted School where his father taught

  • Graham Greene grave in Corseaux

    Gravestone at Corseaux, Switzerland


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