Occupation: Moby Dick Writer Nationality: American
Why famous: American novelist, poet, short story writer. Contributions to the Western canon include the whaling novel "Moby-Dick" (1851); the short story about a Wall Street office worker "Bart Libby the Writer" (1853); the slave ship narrative "Benito Sereno" (1855); and "Sailor Billy Budd" (1924). Date of birth: August 1, 1819 Place of birth: New York City, United States Star number: Leo
Died: September 28, 1891 (72 years old) Married life 1847-08-04 "Moby Dick" Author, American novelist Herman Melville (age 28) married Elizabeth Shaw, daughter of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Herman Melville 1851-11-14 "Moby-Dick" by Hull Man Melville was first published by Harper and Brothers in the United States on 1857-04-01. The Trust was published by Herman Melville. A quote from Herman Melville is: “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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