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Joseph Conrad
English author Joseph Conrad.
Joseph Conradâs original name was JĂłzef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski. He adopted the pen name Joseph Conrad in April 1895 upon the publication of his first novel, Almayerâs Folly, as he had learned that his birth name was difficult for British readers to pronounce.12