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Henry Miller

1891 - 1980

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Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, stream of consciousness, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, Tropic of Capricorn, and the trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, which are based on his experiences in New York City and Paris (all of which were banned in the United States until 1961). He also wrote travel memoirs and literary criticism, and painted watercolors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Miller is the 365th most popular writer (down from 344th in 2019), the 426th most popular biography from United States (down from 321st in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Writer.

Henry Miller is most famous for his novels Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn.

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Among writers, Henry Miller ranks 365 out of 7,302. Before him are Zosimus, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Pierre Beaumarchais, Ivanka Trump, Arthur Schnitzler, and Théophile Gautier. After him are Heinrich von Kleist, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Coen brothers, Ivar Aasen, Carlos Castaneda, and Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.

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Among people born in 1891, Henry Miller ranks 15. Before him are James Chadwick, Walter Model, Edith Stein, Pär Lagerkvist, John Howard Northrop, and Walther Bothe. After him are Rudolf Carnap, Helmuth Weidling, Otto Dix, Rafael Trujillo, Fritz Todt, and Genrikh Yagoda. Among people deceased in 1980, Henry Miller ranks 15. Before him are Roland Barthes, Steve McQueen, Bon Scott, Oskar Kokoschka, Jesse Owens, and Colonel Sanders. After him are Joe Dassin, Alexei Kosygin, William Howard Stein, Gianni Rodari, Vladimir Vysotsky, and Tamara de Lempicka.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Miller ranks 426 out of 20,380. Before him are Leonardo DiCaprio (1974), Barbara McClintock (1902), Ivanka Trump (1981), Harvey Keitel (1939), Leonard Bloomfield (1887), and James Rainwater (1917). After him are Robert Kiyosaki (1947), Michael Jordan (1963), Martin Sheen (1940), Jack Lemmon (1925), Adlai Stevenson II (1900), and Frank Zappa (1940).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Henry Miller ranks 38. Before him are Herman Melville (1819), Philip K. Dick (1928), Mario Puzo (1920), J. D. Vance (1984), O. Henry (1862), and Ivanka Trump (1981). After him are Coen brothers (null), Margaret Mitchell (1900), Sylvia Plath (1932), Frank Herbert (1920), Susan Sontag (1933), and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809).

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