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In which year was Forster awarded the Order of Merit?

A1945

B1960

C1969

D1971

Answer:

C. 1969

Read Explanation:

  • E.M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster) was born on January 1, 1879, in London, England and died June 7, 1970, in Coventry, Warwickshire) was a British novelist, essayist, and social and literary critic.

  • His fame rests largely on his novels Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924) and a large body of criticism.

  • His humanistic impulse toward understanding and sympathy may be aptly summed up in the epigraph to his 1910 novel Howards End: "Only connect".

  • His works are celebrated for their wit, insight, and strong character development.

  • He had five novels published in his lifetime, achieving his greatest success with A Passage to India (1924) which takes as its subject the relationship between East and West, seen through the lens of India in the later days of the British Raj.


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