Aldous Huxley published film scripts.
Aldous Leonard Huxley -LRB- -LSB- ˈɔːldəs ˈhʌksli -RSB- 26 July 1894 -- 22 November 1963 -RRB- was an English writer , novelist , philosopher , and prominent member of the Huxley family .. Huxley family. Huxley family. He graduated from Balliol College at the University of Oxford with a first-class honours in English literature .. Balliol College. Balliol College, Oxford. University of Oxford. University of Oxford. first-class honours. British undergraduate degree classification#First Class Honours. He was best known for his novels including Brave New World , set in a dystopian future ; for non-fiction books , such as The Doors of Perception , which recalls experiences when taking a psychedelic drug ; and a wide-ranging output of essays .. Brave New World. Brave New World. The Doors of Perception. The Doors of Perception. psychedelic drug. psychedelic drug. Early in his career Huxley edited the magazine Oxford Poetry and published short stories and poetry .. Oxford Poetry. Oxford Poetry. Mid career and later , he published travel writing , film stories , and scripts .. He spent the later part of his life in the United States , living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death .. Los Angeles. Los Angeles. In 1962 , a year before his death , he was elected Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature .. Royal Society of Literature. Royal Society of Literature. Huxley was a humanist , pacifist , and satirist .. humanist. Humanism. pacifist. Pacifism. satirist. Satire. He later became interested in spiritual subjects such as parapsychology and philosophical mysticism , in particular universalism .. parapsychology. parapsychology. mysticism. mysticism. universalism. universalism. By the end of his life , Huxley was widely acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent intellectuals of his time .. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in seven different years .. Nobel Prize in Literature. Nobel Prize in Literature