American writers

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American writers
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Jack London
1876 - 1916
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Jack London was born in 1876 in San
Francisco, California.
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In 1897 Jack London went to Alaska to find gold.
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But he found ideas for his stories there.
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His best known books are
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Mark Twain
1835 - 1910
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His real name was Samuel Langhorn Clemens.
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His masterpieces are
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Ernest Hemingway
1899 - 1961
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Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois.
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He was a hunter, fisherman, boxer, soldier.
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His books were made into films.
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Ernest Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1954.
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Emily Dickinson
1803 - 1886
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Emily Dickinson was an American poet.
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She lived her whole life in Amherst,
Massachusetts.
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Only 7 of more than 1000 poems were published
during her lifetime.
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Robert Lee Frost
1874 - 1963
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Robert Lee Frost was an American poet.
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He won Pulitzer Prizes in 1924, 1931, 1937 and
1943.
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Ray Bradbury
born 1920
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Ray Bradbury is an American author of
science-fiction short stories and novels.
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His most famous short stories are The Martian
Chronicles.
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His best known novel is Fahrenheit 451.
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In 2004 he became the Medal for his work.