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Stephen Crane

A Brief Biography

Biography

• Born in Newark, New Jersey ( November 1, 1871)

• Began writing at an early age• Sailed on the Commodore to Cuba

• Friendships with Henry James, Joseph Conrad and Harold Frederic in Europe

School/Early Writing

• Not fully enrolled until 1880• Lafayette College and Syracuse University

• Did not earn a degree• Member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity

• Wrote for the Tribune• Reported on the Greek-Turkish War/Spanish American War

Dora Clarke

• Arrested for interference (1896)

• Case dismissed• Lawsuit against police officer led to public beating

• Reputation ruined

Cora Taylor

• 1896, madame of a brothel in Jacksonville, Florida

• SS Commodore for Cuba• Common law wife

Bibliography

Novels•Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893)•The Red Badge of Courage (1895)•George's Mother (1896)•The Third Violet (1897)•Active Service (1899)

Short story collections•The Open Boat and Other Tales of Adventure (1898)•The Monster and Other Stories (1899)•Wounds in the Rain: War Stories (1900)

Poetry collections•The Black Riders and Other Lines (1895)•War is Kind (1899)

Tuberculosis

• Often had colds• December 29, 1899, suffered a hemorrhage of the lungs

• Went to the Black Forest for treatment

• Passed on June 5, 1900

Headstone at Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside, New Jersey

“His power and authenticity of expression made him the initiator of naturalism in American literature. As a fiction writer, poet, and journalist, he used the

combination of fiction and objectivity to lead a way towards American literary modernism. His daring exploits as a writer and war correspondent led to

illness and a much too early demise.”

The End

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