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Henry Miller


Born
in New York City, The United States
December 26, 1891

Died
June 07, 1980

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Henry Valentine Miller 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.

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Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)

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Quiet Days in Clichy

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Black Spring

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“The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough of is love.”
Henry Miller

“A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.”
Henry Miller, The Books in My Life

“Let me be, was all I wanted. Be what I am, no matter how I am.”
Henry Miller, Stand Still Like the Hummingbird

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