Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)

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Herman Melville

Herman Melville was an American writer, poet, and sailor.

Melville's hardship-filled youth ended on a whaling ship. He returned from his adventures in the South Seas in October 1844, and wrote "Taipi" the following spring. The book was based on the events surrounding Melville's desertion from the whaling ship Acushnet in 1842 and subsequent adventures in the Marquesas Islands.

Melville wrote several other novels and short stories and many poems, but during his lifetime his works were little appreciated by his contemporaries. Only in the 1920s began to rethink Melville, and he was recognized as a classic of world literature. World fame Melville already in the 20th century brought irrational novel "Moby Dick".

Date and place of birt:1 august 1819, New York City, USA
Date and place of death:28 september 1891, New York City, USA
Period of activity: XIX century
Specialization:Poet, Sailor, Writer
Art style:Romanticism

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