Henry James
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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| Claim to fame | 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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| Date of birth | 15 April 1843
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| Place of birth | New York City, New York, USA
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| Date of death | 28 February 1916
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| Age | 72 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, England
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| Resting place | Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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| Occupation | Writer, novelist, short story writer, biographer, critic, dramatist, non-fiction writer, memorialist
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