In 1811, he married Susan Augusta DeLancey of a wealthy New York family and established himself in Westchester County overlooking Long Island Sound. He was a farmer involved in the local militia, Agricultural Society, and Episcopal Church. It was here, when he was thirty years old, that he published his first novel. It was written as a sort of dare from his wife. First Period of His Literary Career His first writing, Precaution, was an effort to outshine the English domestic novels he had been reading, which he mimicked in choice of theme, scene, and manner.
As a student he attended St. Paul Academy in his home town, The Newman School, and then Princeton University. Although some of his work appeared in his previous schools’ papers, Princeton would ultimately be where he flourished with his publications. Fitzgerald then left school to join the Army in 1918 and would then meet his future wife, Zelda Sayre. Rather fortunate however, Scott would be discharged from the Army, where this was an opportunity for him to begin writing. This opportunity turned out to be very successful.
Chad Fitzgerald Mr. Kester English 102 11/19/12 Character Analysis of Holden Caulfield in "The Catcher in the Rye" J.D. Salinger was born on January 1, 1919, in New York City. Salinger was the youngest of two and the only boy born to his parents, Sol and Miriam Salinger. Salinger was always considered intelligent, however he flunked out of the McBurney School near his home in upper west New York. After flunking out of school, his parents decided to send him to Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania (Haudgruff; Salinger).
His father's work took them to Paris, and then, when the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan prevented them from returning home, they sought political asylum in the United States and settled in California. Hosseini, aged 15, was plunged into a San Jose high school, speaking no English. Hosseini's first novel came out in 2003 and has since been published in 70 countries. It tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, whose closest friend is Hassan, his father's young Hazara servant. Their story is told against a backdrop of key events, such as the fall of Afghanistan's monarchy, the Soviet invasion, the
Carrey formerly a good student started working eight-hour shifts after school and his grades were dropping. Eventually the family gave away the factory work and moved into a VW campervan. Carrey’s Great Debut Carrey made his debut at the age of 15 at Toronto’s Yuk Yuk’s club wearing a yellow suit his mother made for him. Unfortunately he bombed badly. He eventually dropped out of high school at 16 to become a full-time comedian.
Cowell attended school at Dover College, but dropped out at 16. He floated in and out of jobs, sabotaging several interviews for jobs set up by his father. He finally landed a job at his father's company as a mailroom clerk at EMI Music Publishing. He managed to earn a position as an assistant to an A&R executive at EMI in 1979, where he was promoted and given the job of talent scout. Cowell left EMI during the early 1980s to form E&S Music with his boss at EMI, Ellis Rich.
When he was 14, he ran away from home and went to travel with a carnival, where he would become many things over the years for a summer job. (Scholastic 1) When he was younger, he did not enjoy reading. When he was in the ninth grade, he failed. (Houghton –Mifflin 1) He started to write stories when he became an editor. After that job, he moved back to Minnesota and finished his first novel.
Biography of Washington Irving (1783-1859) Washington Irving was born in 1783 in New york City. He was the youngest of eleven children of a wealthy merchant father, who was a Scottish immigrant.From his early age, Irwing influenced by the literary tastes of his brothers William and Peter.After he graduated from a private school, he went into alw office to avoid his family business,which he hated. He was a passionate literature lover and so on he quited from his job in the law office.When he was 19, he wrote articles for two newspaper which edited by his brother Peter.He wrote a series of youthful satires of New York City for the Chronicle, called the Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle. These Works are his first literary productions. As many young people did, Irwing also traveled to Europe to further his education.He would use material collected during this trip later in his stories and essays.At least we can say that Irwing’s creativity comes from his collections from his trips.After two years passed in Europe, Irwing return to America and New York City and he turned more seriously to literature.In his travelings through Europe Irwing had a great oportunity meet with some important artist and writers of Europe and he had some good lifelong friendships.
EXPRESSIONISTIC TECNIQUES IN THE NOVEL Arthur Millerwas born on October 17, 1915, in New York City, the son of Isidore and Augusta Miller. His father lost his wealth during the Great Depression of the 1920s and the family, like many others, suffered economic hardship and could not afford to send him to college. Miller worked for two years in an automobile parts warehouse, earning enough money to attend the University of Michigan in 1934, where he studied history and economics. He graduated in 1938.Arthur MillerBenefitting from the U.S. Government's Federal Theatre Project, began learning about the craft of the theatre, working with such skilled writers and directors as Clifford Odets(Waiting for Lefty) and Elia Kazan (the famous film and theatre director who later produced Miller's best-known work, Death of a Salesman). His first Broadway production, The Man Who Had All the Luck, opened in 1944 and ran for only four performances.
Nonetheless, his writing gave him some pleasure and he had written his first novel by the age of nine. Cortázar became a teacher at a very young age. He later went to the University of Buenos Aires but did not graduate due to financial need at home. He returned to teaching high school in Buenos Aires. At the age of twenty four, he self-published Presence which was a collection of poems under the pseudonym Julio Denis.