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Henry Miller


Born
in New York City, The United States
December 26, 1891

Died
June 07, 1980

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Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, stream of consciousness, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, Tropic of Capricorn, and the trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, which are based on his experiences in New York City and Paris (all of which were banned in the United States until 1961). He also wrote travel memoirs and literary criticism, and painted watercolors.

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Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)

3.65 avg rating — 77,789 ratings — published 1934 — 17 editions
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Tropic of Capricorn (Tropic...

3.81 avg rating — 21,278 ratings — published 1939 — 261 editions
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Sexus (The Rosy Crucifixion...

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Quiet Days in Clichy

3.61 avg rating — 6,089 ratings — published 1956 — 26 editions
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Black Spring

3.81 avg rating — 5,628 ratings — published 1936 — 2 editions
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The Colossus of Maroussi

3.96 avg rating — 5,269 ratings — published 1941 — 137 editions
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Plexus (The Rosy Crucifixio...

4.11 avg rating — 4,493 ratings — published 1952 — 118 editions
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Nexus (The Rosy Crucifixion...

4.11 avg rating — 4,244 ratings — published 1959 — 113 editions
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Big Sur and the Oranges of ...

4.02 avg rating — 3,413 ratings — published 1957 — 44 editions
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The Air-Conditioned Nightmare

3.81 avg rating — 3,501 ratings — published 1945 — 58 editions
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“The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough of is love.”
Henry Miller

“A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.”
Henry Miller, The Books in My Life

“Let me be, was all I wanted. Be what I am, no matter how I am.”
Henry Miller, Stand Still Like the Hummingbird

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