Herman Melville
(1819-1891)
American writer and poet
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Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet 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. Although his reputation was not high at the time of his death, the centennial of his birth in 1919 was the starting point of a Melville revival and Moby-Dick grew to be considered one of the great American novels.
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1 August 1819 New York City
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28 September 1891 (aged 72) September 28, 1891 (aged 72) New York City, New York, U.S.
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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