Herman Melville
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 132 years ago |
| Date of birth | August 1,1819 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Date of died | September 28,1891 |
| Died | New York City |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| New York | |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Plays | Billy Budd |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Shaw |
| Short stories | Bartleby, the Scrivener |
| Benito Cereno | |
| The Encantadas | |
| Cock‑A‑Doodle‑Doo! | |
| Children | Elizabeth Melville |
| Malcolm Melville | |
| Frances Melville | |
| Stanwix Melville | |
| Books | Moby‑Dick |
| Benito Cereno | |
| Moby Dick | |
| Moby-Dick | |
| Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life | |
| Billy Budd | |
| The Confidence-Man | |
| Born | New York |
| United States | |
| Place of burial | Woodlawn Cemetery • Crematory • Conservancy, New York, United States |
| Siblings | Gansevoort Melville |
| Augusta Melville | |
| Thomas Melville | |
| Allan Melville | |
| Period by artworks | Romanticism |
| Parents | Allan Melville |
| Maria Gansevoort Melville | |
| Downwards | Moby Dick |
| Influences | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| Edgar Allan Poe | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 407747 |
Herman Melville Life story
Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick; Typee, a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella.
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