What is Aldous Huxley?
{{Infobox writer | name = Aldous Huxley | image = Aldous Huxley psychical researcher.png | caption = Huxley in 1954 | alt = Monochrome portrait of Aldous Huxley sitting on a table, facing slightly downwards. | birth_name = Aldous Leonard Huxley | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1894|7|26}} | birth_place = [[Godalming]], [[Surrey]], [[England]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1963|11|22|1894|7|26}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles County, California]], U.S. | resting_place = [[Compton, Guildford|Compton]], Surrey, England | occupation = {{hlist|Writer|philosopher}} | education = [[Eton College]] | alma_mater = [[Balliol College, Oxford]] | notableworks = {{Unbulleted list|class=nowrap |''[[Brave New World]]'' |''[[Island (Huxley novel)|Island]]'' |''[[Point Counter Point]]'' |''[[The Doors of Perception]]'' |''[[The Perennial Philosophy]]''|''[[The Devils of Loudun]]''}} | spouses = {{Unbulleted list|class=nowrap|{{marriage|Maria Nys|1919|12 February 1955|end=d}}|{{marriage|[[Laura Huxley|Laura Archera]]|1956}}}} | children = [[Matthew Huxley]] | signature = Aldous Huxley signature.svg }} '''Aldous Leonard Huxley''' (26 July 1894 {{ndash}} 22 November 1963) was an [[English people|English]] writer, and one of the most prominent members of the famous [[Huxley family]]. He wrote a number of [[novel]]s, on various themes. Most of his books are about modern society, the effects of modern science and, later, on [[mysticism]] and [[psychedelic drug]]s like [[LSD]]. Huxley is probably best known for his book ''[[Brave New World]]''. In the book, which was written in 1932, he writes about a world in the far future, where the whole social [[hierarchy]] is based on genetic traits, and not on the personal effort of individual people to improve themselves. == Selected works == === Novels === * ''[[Crome Yellow]]'' (1921) * ''Antic Hay'' (1923) * ''Those Barren Leaves'' (1925) * ''[[Point Counter Point]]'' (1928) * ''[[Brave New World]]'' (1932) * ''[[Eyeless in Gaza]]'' (1936) * ''After Many a Summer'' (1939) *