November 22, 1916 (, hare on October 27), the American novelist Jack London committed suicide.



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Jack London (1876 to 1916), American novelist. Born in San Francisco. Father was bankrupt farmers, his family was poor. Jack childhood had to sell physical living selling newspaper, when over child labor, and later as a sailor, Japan. After returning to work in the jute mills and railway factory. Later he joined the ranks of Canada's gold rush, but leave empty-handed, since then, concentrate on my writing. "Call of the Wild" (1903), "White Teeth" (1906), in his early works. 1909 masterpiece, the autobiographical novel "Martin Eden", describing the the bumpy fate of a realist writer born in a family of workers in a capitalist society, a sharp critique of society. Life has written over 150 short stories, including outstanding "Mexicans" and "Love of Life", "on the deck under the canopy". The image of his characters has a distinct personality, storyline compact, lively style, quite appealing. After he became famous because of the economic bankruptcy and family disputes, mental severely hit, committed suicide on November 22, 1916.
29 years of age, Jack London