Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – circa 1914) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and Civil War veteran. His book The Devil's Dictionary was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. His story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" has been described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature"; and his book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (also published as In the Midst of Life) was named by the Grolier Club as one of the 100 most influential American books printed before 1900.
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| Full name at birth | Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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| Claim to fame | Better known for the short stories "Chickamauga", "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", "The Death of Halpin Frayser", "The Moonlit Road"; the satirical dictionary "The Devil's Dictionary"; and the short stories anthology "Tales of Soldiers and Civilians".
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| Date of birth | 24 June 1842
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| Place of birth | Horse Cave Creek, Meigs County, Ohio, USA
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| Date of death | 1914
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| Age | 71 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico [last seen in]
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| Cause of death | Undetermined [death by suicide?/ executed by firing squad?]
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| Occupation | Journalist, writer, editorialist, short story writer, fabulist, poet and satirist
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- Bierce vanished into thin air, right after he went to Ciudad Juárez and joined the Mexican Revolutionary Pancho Villa's (1878–1923) army as an observer. His puzzling disappearance still intrigues experts to this day. Some speculated that he was executed by firing squad (fusilladed) or perhaps had commited suicide. No one knows exactly what happened to him. His elusive end remains involved in deep mystery.
Ambrose Bierce is known for his role in the TV series The UnXplained (2019) as Self - Short Story Writer.
He is also known for his role in the film New Chilling Tales: The Anthology (2019) as story by "The Damned Thing".
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