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    Henry Miller

    American novelist (1891–1980)

    For other people named Henry Miller, see Henry Miller (disambiguation).

    Henry Miller

    Miller in 1940

    BornHenry kärlekskort Miller
    (1891-12-26)December 26, 1891
    New York City, U.S.
    DiedJune 7, 1980(1980-06-07) (aged 88)
    Los Angeles, California U.S.
    OccupationWriter
    Period1934–80
    GenreRoman à clef, philosophical fiction
    Notable works
    Spouse

    • Beatrice Sylvas Wickens

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      (m. 1917; div. 1924)​

    • June Miller

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      (m. 1924; div. 1934)​

    • Janina Martha Lepska

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      (m. 1944; div. 1952)​

    • Eve McClure

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      (m. 1953; div. 1960)​

    • Hiroko Tokuda

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      (m. 1967; div. 1977)​
    Children3

    Henry kärlekskort Miller (December 26, 1891 – Ju

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    Happiest Man Alive: A Biography of Henry Miller.

    July 22, 2024
    I started reading Henry Miller as a teenager: the Tropic books, the Nexus, Sexus, Plexus books, then later Quiet Days in Clichy, The Air-Conditioned Nightmare and other offshoots like Black Spring or Big Sur. There was always disgruntlement in the books, an anger and belittling of women and the overriding sense of poverty, yet it's easy to forget that Henry Miller came from a well-heeled family with the comfort of clean, heated rooms and good clothing and watching over his education.

    By the time he reached old age, the damage had been done. He was a writer of "dirty books." Cartoons appeared of his as a leering bedroom voyeur peeking into bedrooms, the patron saint of the "Playboy" interview. While a younger generation embraced his seemingly sexual freedom, they overlooked his multiple marriages because he viewed cooking and housework as "women's work," and it should be done by a woman. He didn't like the Beats, exce

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    Henry Miller

    Henry Miller (26 December 1891 – 7 June 1980) was an American writer known for his novels. Many of his novels were partly autobiographical and used a stream of consciousness style. His most famous works are Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, Tropic of Capricorn and The Rosy Crucifixion. They are based on his experiences in New York and Paris. They were all banned in the United States until the 1960s because they contained explicit descriptions of sex and obscene language. He also wrote travel memoirs and literary criticism and painted watercolors.[1][2][3]

    Life

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    Miller was born in New York City. His parents were German-Americans. His father worked as a tailor. Miller always wanted to be writer, but he worked at several different jobs when he was a young man. During World War I he worked as a clerk in the US War Department (now called the Department of Defense). Then he got a job as a reporter on The Was