Henry Miller | |
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Born | Henry Valentine Miller 26 December 1891 Yorkville, Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
Dee'd | 7 Juin 1980 Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Californie, U.S. | (aged 88)
Thrift | Writer |
Naitionality | American |
Period | 1934–80 |
Genre | Surrealism, roman à clef |
Notable warks | Tropic of Cancer Black Spring Tropic of Capricorn The Colossus of Maroussi The Rosy Crucifixion |
Spoose | Beatrice Sylvas Wickens (1917–24) June Miller (1924–34) Janina Martha Lepska (1944–52) Eve McClure (1953–60) Hiroko Tokuda (1967–77) |
Bairns | 3 |
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Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – Juin 7, 1980) wis an American writer. He wis kent for breakin wi existin leeterar forms, developin a new sort o semi-autobiographical novelle that blendit chairacter study, social creeticism, filosofical reflection, expleecit leid, sex, surrealist free association, an mysticism.[1][2] His maist chairacteristic warks o this kynd are Tropic of Cancer (1934), Black Spring (1936), Tropic of Capricorn (1939) an The Rosy Crucifixion trilogy (1949–59), aw o whilk are based on his experiences in New York an Paris, an aw o whilk wis banned in the Unitit States till 1961.[3] He wrate traivel memoirs an leeterar criticism, an pentit wattercolours.[4] He wis the lover o Anaïs Nin.[5]
...Miller's metamorphosis and his acceptance of the cosmos.