(Kang Xi winter of early five), November 28, 1859, the death of American writer Washington Irving.



1859 on November 28, the death of the American writer Washington Irving (born in 1783)
Washington Irving is a famous American writer, he in 1783 April 3 was born in New York, a wealthy merchant family. Owen from boyhood love to read the works of the British writer Scott balun and Burns et al. After graduating from high school, he complies Fuming at a law firm to study law, but his inclination in literature. In 1802, 19-year-old Owen on the "Morning Chronicle published several epistolary prose emerge. Later, his illness to Europe to recuperate traveled to France, Britain and Italy, made a lot of journey notes, has accumulated a wealth of material for future creations. 1809, published his first work, "New York Gaishi" pen name "Deadeye Dietrich Knickerbocker". This one has a unique style of humor for humor to fully reveal Owen. After the publication of the "New York Gaishi Owen became all the rage on the New York literary scene figure. Prior to this, the United States gained independence over three decades, but in literature but has not been able to get rid of the shackles of British, representing the works of emerging bourgeois republic to create enough. New York Gaishi Owen use their subject matter to write this works with national characteristics of great significance for promoting the development of national literature. In 1815, Owen again the UK. He traveled to places of interest in the UK With admirer of the ancient civilization of the United Kingdom and the yearning of the former capitalist society, and wrote the famous "Sketch Book" and similar style ����˹������ Grange ". "Sketch Book" is Owen's masterpiece, including 32 novels, prose, essays, etc., to the humorous tone and fanciful romantic depiction of the ancient customs of the United Kingdom and the United States as well as a good honest old characters. After this work was published in England, by the literary world of Europe and the United States attaches great importance to lay Owen's position in the history of American literature. In 1826, Owen to Spain to collect a lot of valuable information about Columbus traveled to Granada attractions and stay in Aer Han Euphrates Palace for nearly three months. All this aroused his interest in the study of the history of Spain. 1929 years ago, he wrote three book about Spain: "Columbia City pass", "capture of Granada" and "A Erhan Euphrates". In these works, Owen form of storytelling, exposing the ruling class, voluptuous, praise mole human struggle to the pursuit of freedom and happiness. Wrote "A Erhan Euphrates, the the creative passion Owen recession. In 1832, he returned to the motherland after an absence of 17 years. Years of his life, except when in a few years the United States in the Spanish envoy, mostly spent in his hometown. November 28, 1859, Owen passed away. American people to cherish the memory of the writers who have made outstanding contributions in literature, in the New York half-mast mast, and Owen's many outstanding works were widely read today, a precious literary heritage.
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