Herman Melville

Data urodzenia: 1 sierpnia 1819· New York City, New York, USA

† Data śmierci: 28 września 1891

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Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick and the posthumous novella Billy Budd. His first three books gained much contemporary attention (the first, Typee, becoming a bestseller), but after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his popularity declined precipitously… Czytaj dalej