Louisa May Alcott

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Louisa May Alcott

• November 29, 1832 March 6, 1888
• Louisa May Alcott was a Transcendentalist and a
  suffragist who was the first woman to register to
  vote in Massachusetts.
• Her most famous novel was Little Women and its
  sequel, Little Men, was also popular.

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Washington Irving

• Born 1783-Died 1859
• Most known for the writing of Legend of Sleepy
  Hollow.
• Also wrote Rip Van Winkle.
• Mentored other authors, most noted is Edgar Allan
  Poe.

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Henry James

• Born 1843-Died 1916
• Nathaniel Hawthorne had the most influence on
  him.
• He never married .
• Wrote Washington Square and The American

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Jack London

• Born 1876-Died 1916
• Most known for The Call of the Wild
• Wrote White Fang
• Married twice
• Many suspect he died by committing suicide.

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Dorothy Parker

• Born 1893-Died 1967
• Her Uncle died on the Titanic in 1912.
• She helped write the script for A Star is Born.
• Worked on more than 15 films during the Great
  Depression.

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Carson McCullers

• Born 1917-Died 1967
• She wrote The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
• She also wrote Reflections in a Golden Eye.
• She died in 1967 due to a stroke.

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Flannery OConnor

• Born 1925-Died 1964
• She wrote Wise Blood
• and The Violent Bear it Away.
• She was fascinated with birds of all kinds and
  included drawings of them in her books.

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Katherine Ann Porter

• Born 1890-Died 1980
• Was the fourth of five children.
• She wrote Pale Horse, Pale Rider.
• She published one novel, Ship of Fools.

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Eudora Welty

• Born 1909- Died 2001
• A writer and photographer, mainly focusing on
  South America
• She wrote short stories such as
• A Worn Path and Petrified Man.

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Harper Lee

• Born 1926
• Most known for writing To Kill a Mocking Bird.
• In May of 2001 she was given a Honorary Degree
  from the University of Notre Dame.

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Thomas Wolfe

• Born 1900- Died 1938
• Born in Asheville North Carolina
• Wrote Look Homeward, Angel
• He was diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1937 and
  died from complications in surgery.

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Edgar Allan Poe

• January 19, 1809 October 7, 1849
• Poe was an American poet, short story writer,
  playwright, editor, critic, essayist, and one of
  the leaders of the American Romantic Movement.
• Some of his most famous poems and short stories
  are The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, and Annabel
  Lee.

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F Scott Fitzgerald

• September 24, 1896 December 21, 1940
• Fitzgerald wrote about the Lost Generation, who
  came of age during WWI. His themes were of youth,
  despair, and age. He is regarded as one of the
  best writers of the 20th century.
• His most famous works are The Great Gatsby and
  This Side of Paradise.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

• July 4, 1804 May 19, 1864
• Hawthorne was a 19th century American novelist
  and short-story writer. He was a key figure in
  American literature for his tales of the nations
  colonial history.
• His most famous novel is The Scarlet Letter.

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Willa Cather

• December 7, 1873
• April 24, 1947
• Willa Cather is among the most eminent American
  authors. She is known for her depictions of
  American Life.
• Her famous works are
• My Antonia, O Pioneers,
• and Death Comes for the Archbishop.

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Kate Chopin

• February 8, 1850 August 22, 1904
• Chopin was an American author of short stories
  and novels. She is now considered to be a
  forerunner of feminist authors of the 20th
  century.
• Her most famous works are Desirees Baby and The
  Awakening.

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Emily Dickinson

• December 10, 1830 May 15, 1886
• Dickinson was an American poet. She is now
  regarded, along with Walt Whitman, as one of the
  two quintessential American poets of the 19th
  century.
• Her poems are compiled into many volumes.

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Truman Capote

• September 30, 1924 August 25, 1984
• Capote was an American writer whose non-fiction,
  stories, novels, and plays are recognized
  literary classics. At least 20 films and TV
  dramas have been produced from his works.
• His most famous works are Breakfast at Tiffanys
  and In Cold Blood.

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Ernest Hemingway

• July 21, 1899 July 2, 1961
• Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story
  writer, and journalist. Many of his works are
  considered classics in the canon of American
  literature.
• His most famous works are A Farewell to Arms, The
  Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and the Sea.

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John Steinbeck

• February 27, 1902 December 20, 1968
• Steinbeck is one of the best-known and most
  widely read American writers of the 20th century.
  Seventeen of his works went on to become
  Hollywood films.
• His most famous works are Of Mice and Men, and
  The Grapes of Wrath.

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James Fennimore Cooper

• Born September 15, 1789 in Burlington, New Jersey
• Died September 14, 1851 Cooperstown, New York
• He was remembered as a novelist who wrote many
  stories about the sea.
• Greatest works include The Prairie, The Last of
  the Mohicans, and The Eclipse.

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William Faulkner

• Born September 25, 1897 in New Albany,
  Mississippi
• Died July 6, 1962 in Byhalia, Mississippi
• Regarded as one of the most influential writers
  of the 20th century.
• Greatest works include Soldiers Pay and As I Lay
  Dying.

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Sinclair Lewis

• Born February 7, 1885 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota
• Died January 10, 1951 in Rome.
• He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize but he refused
  it.
• Greatest works include Main Street and Babbitt.

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James Thurber

• Born December 8, 1894 in Columbus, Ohio
• Died November 2, 1961
• He was a U.S. humorist cartoonist.
• His greatest works include Many Moons and The 13
  Clocks.

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OHenry

• Born on September 11, 1862 on a plantation near
  Greensboro, North Carolina
• Died June 5, 1910 in New York City
• He wrote about 400 short stories in his lifetime.
• Greatest works include The Gift of the Magi and A
  Retrieved Reformation.

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Walt Whitman

• Born May 31, 1819 in West Hills, Huntington on
  Long Island in New York
• Died March 26, 1892
• Some of his works have been translated into more
  than 25 languages.
• His greatest works include Leaves of Grass and
  other poetry books.

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Henry David Thoreau

• Born July 12, 1817 in Concord, Massachusetts
• Died May 6, 1862 in Concord, Massachusetts
• He has over 20 volumes of writing.
• His greatest works include Walden and Herald of
  Freedom.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

• Born February 7, 1807 in Portland, Maine, United
  States
• Died March 24, 1882 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• He was offered a professorship at Harvard and
  Bowdoin.
• Greatest works include Paul Reveres Ride, A Psalm
  Prayer, and Evangeline.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Born May 25, 1803 in Boston, Massachusetts
• Died April 27, 1882 in Concord, Massachusetts
• He was a leader of the Transcendentalist movement
  in the early nineteenth century.
• His greatest works include Nominalist and Realist
  and collected essays.

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Robert Frost

• Born March 26, 1874 in San Francisco
• Died January 29, 1963 in Bennington, Vermont
• He received four Pulitzer Prizes.
• Greatest works include The Road Not Taken and A
  Boys Will.