Herman Melville was an American writer of the American Renaissance period, among whose best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851), Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia, and the posthumously published novella Billy Budd, Sailor. Born in New York City, he went to sea in 1839 and later served on the whaler Acushnet, jumping ship in the Marquesas Islands, experiences that supplied the material for Typee and its sequel Omoo; though Melville was little known to the public at his death, the centennial of his birth in 1919 sparked a revival that eventually established Moby-Dick as one of the Great American Novels. In his later years he turned to poetry, publishing Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War (1866) on the American Civil War, before dying of cardiovascular disease in 1891.
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August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891
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Moby-Dick would eventually be considered one of the Great American Novels.
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Herman Melville was an American writer of the American Renaissance period, among whose best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851), Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia, and the posthumously published novella Billy Budd, Sailor.
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Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819, September 28, 1891) was an American writer of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851), Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia, and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella.
Award: National Book Award for Nonfiction
Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819, September 28, 1891) was an American writer of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851), Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia, and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella.
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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 epic novel by American writer Herman Melville.
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Joseph Conrad, Fenimore Cooper, Herman Melville and Jack London as influences
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Author: Herman Melville
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Author: Herman Melville
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