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Joyce Cary was born in 1888 in Londonderry, Ireland.
* He studied painting in Edinburgh and Paris, and then law at Trinity College, Oxford.
* After graduating, he joined the colonial service and served in Nigeria during World War I.
* After the war, he returned to England and became a full-time writer.
* He published his first novel, Aissa Saved, in 1932.
* He went on to write 12 more novels, including Mister Johnson (1939) and The Horse's Mouth (1944).
* He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948.
* He died in 1957 in Oxford, England.

Cary was a versatile and prolific writer, and his novels are known for their rich characterization, vivid descriptions, and complex moral themes. He is considered one of the most important British novelists of the 20th century.
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To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it's true. It's a new world every heart beat.
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