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Herman Melville was born in New York City on August 1, 1819, and raised in upstate New York. After his merchant father, Allan, died, leaving the family in penury, Melville attempted to support his family by working various jobs, from banking to teaching school. It was his adventures as a seaman in 1845 that inspired Melville to write.
Herman Melville. 1819–1891. Oil painting by Joseph Oriel Eaton. Novelist, short story writer, and poet Herman Melville is best known for his novels of the sea, especially Moby-Dick and Billy Budd. Though his poetry is read less frequently, critics argue that it too is historically significant, thematically complex, and highly crafted.
Melville was working on the manuscript of Billy Budd, Foretopman, a story about a sailor falsely accused of involvement in mutiny, when he died of a heart attack on September 28, 1891. In the ...
Herman Melville, orig. Herman Melvill, (born Aug. 1, 1819, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. 28, 1891, New York City), U.S. writer. Born to a wealthy New York family that suffered great financial losses, Melville had little formal schooling and began a period of wanderings at sea in 1839. In 1841 he sailed on a whaler bound for the South Seas ...
Herman Melville. Herman Melville (n. 1 august 1819, Manhattan, New York City, New York, SUA – d. 28 septembrie 1891, New York City, New York, SUA) a fost un scriitor și eseist american, cunoscut mai ales pentru romanul său Moby Dick, care l-a făcut celebru postum. Povestitor captivant, rapsod al peisajului marin și exotic, creator de ...
Jul 22, 2019 · Herman Melville was born in New York in 1819, his sister Augusta two years later. “Herman & Augusta improve apace as to growing & talking,” their mother, Maria Gansevoort Melvill, wrote to her ...
Aug 29, 2012 · Herman Melville (b. 1819–d. 1891) was born in New York City into a proud and prosperous family. In 1830, however, his father’s importing business failed, and the family moved upstate to Albany to be near his mother’s relatives. Melville attended school in Albany, but after his father’s death in 1832 he had to balance education with work ...
