Editing Graham Greene (section)

== Legacy ==
[[File:GRAHAM GREENE 1904 - 1991 Writer lived here 1935 - 1940.jpg|thumb|upright|Blue plaque erected in 2011 by English Heritage at 14 Clapham Common North Side, Clapham, London.]]
Greene is regarded as a major 20th-century [[novelist]],{{sfn|Diemert|1996|p=5, 183}} and was praised by [[John Irving]], before Greene's death, as "the most accomplished living novelist in the English language".<ref name=Irving>[[John Irving|Irving, John]]. ''The Imaginary Girlfriend''. New York, [[Ballantine Books]], 2002, p. 31.</ref> Novelist [[Frederick Buechner]] called Greene's novel ''[[The Power and the Glory]]'' a "tremendous influence".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/offictionfaithtw00brow|title=Of fiction and faith : twelve American writers talk about their vision and work|first1=W. Dale|last1=Brown|date=1997|publisher=W.B. Eerdmans|isbn=0802843131|location=Grand Rapids, Mich.|oclc=36994237}}</ref> By 1943, Greene had acquired the reputation of being the "leading English male novelist of his generation",{{sfn|Diemert|1996|p=179}} and at the time of his death in 1991 had a reputation as a writer of both deeply serious novels on the theme of Catholicism,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/oct/03/biography.grahamgreene|title=More Sherry trifles|first=Ian |last=Thomson|newspaper=The Observer|date=3 October 2004 }}</ref> and of "suspense-filled stories of detection".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_G2mAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA23|page=23|title=Graham Greene: The Major Novels|first=Lynette|last= Kohn|publisher=Stanford University Press|date= 1961}}</ref>

Greene collected several literary awards for his novels, including the 1941 [[Hawthornden Prize]] for ''[[The Power and the Glory]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hawthornden.org/hawthornden-prize|title=Previous winners of the Hawthornden Prize|website=hawthornden.org|access-date=2024-05-15}}</ref><ref name="timesobit">{{Cite news |date=4 April 1991 |title=Obituaries: Graham Greene |work=[[The Times]] |issue=63983 |page=16}}</ref> and the 1948 [[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] for ''[[The Heart of the Matter]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/events/james-tait-black/winners/fiction|title=The James Tait Black Prizes {{!}} Fiction Winners|website=ed.ac.uk|date=26 July 2023 |access-date=2024-05-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=25 January 1949 |title=Book Prizes Awarded |work=[[The Times]] |issue=51288 |page=2}}</ref> As an author, he received the 1968 [[Shakespeare Prize]]{{sfn|Sherry|2004|p=483}} and the 1981 [[Jerusalem Prize]], a biennial literary award given to writers whose works have dealt with themes of human freedom in society.<ref name="jbook">{{cite web|url=https://www.jbookforum.com/jerusalem-prize-previous-winners/|title=The Jerusalem Prize {{!}} Previous Winners|website=jbookforum.com|access-date=2024-08-20}}</ref><ref name="shipler" /> In 1986, he was awarded Britain's [[Order of Merit]].<ref name="timesobit" />

The Graham Greene International Festival is an annual four-day event of conference papers, informal talks, question and answer sessions, films, dramatised readings, music, creative writing workshops and social events. It is organised by the Graham Greene Birthplace Trust, and takes place in the writer's home town of Berkhamsted (about 35 miles northwest of London), on dates as close as possible to the anniversary of his birth (2 October). Its purpose is to promote interest in and study of the works of Graham Greene.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grahamgreenefestival.org/|title=Home|work=Graham Greene|access-date=11 March 2016}}</ref>

He is the subject of the 2013 documentary film, ''[[Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene]]''.<ref name="Jones">{{cite news|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2013-04-30/dvd-watch-dangerous-edge-a-life-of-graham-greene/|title=DVD Watch: 'Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene'|last=Jones|first=Kimberley|date=30 April 2013|work=Austin Chronicle|access-date=24 October 2014}}</ref>

His short story "[[The Destructors]]" was featured in the 2001 film ''[[Donnie Darko]]''.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/oct/27/philipfrench | work=[[The Guardian]] | title=Into the heart of Darko | first=Philip | last=French | author-link=Philip French | date=27 October 2002 | access-date=15 May 2024}}</ref>