Herman Melville (1819 - 1891) هرمان ملفيل

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American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet, who gained wide literary fame in the 1840s. He was born in New York City, U.S. He benefited from his marine adventures in creating the appropriate atmosphere for his novels and books that revolved around life at sea and...Read more described remote countries. He wrote several books, such as "Moby-Dick" (1851), which is considered one of the great American novels, and "Typee" (1846), which raised criticism due to its stark realism. His novel "Moby-Dick" was adapted into the movie Moby Dick (1956). He is known for the poem "Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land", which was published in 1876. His last work was the novella "Billy Budd, Sailor" (1924), which was translated into Arabic. He died from cardiovascular disease on September 28, 1891, and wasn't received well by critics till the 20th century.


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  • American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet, who gained wide literary fame in the 1840s. He was born in New York City, U.S. He benefited from his marine adventures in...Read more creating the appropriate atmosphere for his novels and books that revolved around life at sea and described remote countries. He wrote several books, such as "Moby-Dick" (1851), which is considered one of the great American novels, and "Typee" (1846), which raised criticism due to its stark realism. His novel "Moby-Dick" was adapted into the movie Moby Dick (1956). He is known for the poem "Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land", which was published in 1876. His last work was the novella "Billy Budd, Sailor" (1924), which was translated into Arabic. He died from cardiovascular disease on September 28, 1891, and wasn't received well by critics till the 20th century.

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