Henry James

Henry James

American and British writer (1843–1916)
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Henry James OM (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American author who became a British citizen in the last year of his life. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of Henry James Sr. and the brother of renowned philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.

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Henry James was born on Saturday, 15 April 1843 in New York City, New York, USA. He was best known as a writer. James' country of citizenship (nationality) was American. He died on Monday, 28 February 1916 in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, England at the age of 72. He is buried at Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. For university, he studied at Harvard Law School. His zodiac star sign was Aries.

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Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911, 1912, and 1916; The American; The Turn of the Screw ; The Portrait of a Lady; What Maisie Knew; The Wings of the Dove; Daisy Miller; ...
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15 April 1843
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New York City, New York, USA
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28 February 1916
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Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, England
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Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Writer, novelist, short story writer, biographer, critic, dramatist, non-fiction writer, memorialist
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Harvard Law School
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