C. S. Forester, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

C. S. Forester

British novelist

Date of Birth: 27-Aug-1899

Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt

Date of Death: 02-Apr-1966

Profession: screenwriter, writer, journalist, novelist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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, filmed in 1951 by John Huston).