Bierce, Ambrose (Gwinnett)
- Bierce, Ambrose (Gwinnett)
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born June 24, 1842, Meigs county, Ohio, U.S.
died 1914, Mexico?
U.S. newspaperman, satirist, and short-story writer.
Not long after serving in the Civil War, he became a newspaper columnist and editor in San Francisco, specializing in attacks on frauds of all sorts. Among his books are Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891; revised as In the Midst of Life), which includes "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"; Can Such Things Be? (1893); and The Devil's Dictionary (1906), a volume of ironic definitions. Tired of American life, he went in 1913 to Mexico, then in the middle of a revolution, and mysteriously disappeared, possibly killed in the 1914 siege of Ojinaga.
Ambrose Bierce, detail of an oil painting by J.H.E. Partington.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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2010.
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Bierce, Ambrose [Gwinnett] — (1842–c. 1914). American short story writer and journalist. His best tales are collected in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians [In the Midst of Life](1891) and Can Such Things Be?(1893), the former containing his Civil War tales (many filled… … An H.P.Lovecraft encyclopedia
Bierce, Ambrose (Gwinnett) — (24 jun. 1842, condado de Meigs, Ohio, EE.UU.–1914, ¿México?). Periodista, escritor de sátiras y cuentista estadounidense. Poco después de participar en la guerra de Secesión, se convirtió en columnista periodístico y editor en San Francisco, y… … Enciclopedia Universal
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce — (* 24. Juni 1842 im ländlichen Ohio; † 1914) war ein US amerikanischer Schriftsteller, Journalist und Lebenskünstler. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Einordnung 2.1 Er über sein eigenes Leben … Deutsch Wikipedia
Bierce, Ambrose — ▪ American author in full Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce born June 24, 1842, Meigs county, Ohio, U.S. died 1914, Mexico? American newspaperman, wit, satirist, and author of sardonic short stories based on themes of death and horror. His life ended in … Universalium
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Ambrose Bierce — Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (* 24. Juni 1842 im Meigs County, Ohio; † 1914 in Chihuahua, Mexiko) war ein US amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Journalist. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Einordnung … Deutsch Wikipedia
Bierce — Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (* 24. Juni 1842 im ländlichen Ohio; † 1914) war ein US amerikanischer Schriftsteller, Journalist und Lebenskünstler. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Einordnung 2.1 Er über sein eigenes Leben … Deutsch Wikipedia
Ambrose Bierce, detail of an oil painting by J.H.E. Partington.Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.