Ambrose Bierce

Also known as Dod Grile, William Herman, Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce

American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist (1842–1914)

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Ambrose Bierce was an American writer, journalist, and satirist from the 19th and early 20th centuries known for his sharp wit and critical commentary on society and politics. His work matters because he used humor and biting satire to challenge conventional thinking during a transformative period in American history, leaving behind influential short stories and editorial pieces that still exemplify the power of satirical writing.

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It sits within the topics 1842 births, 1910s missing person cases and 19th-century American short story writers.

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Type: Person
Active from: 1842-06-24
Active to: 1914

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Total plays: 7,852

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5 total works indexed

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Quotes

“The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of remarkable Christian forbearance among men — were it not for a mawkish humanitarianism, coupled with imperfect digestive powers, we should devour our young, as Nature intended.”
“Peyton Fahrquhar was dead; his body, with a broken neck, swung gently from side to side beneath the timbers of the Owl Creek bridge.”
“True, more than a half of the green graves in the Grafton cemetery are marked "Unknown," and sometimes it occurs that one thinks of the contradiction involved in "honoring the memory" of him of whom no memory remains to honor; but the attempt seems to do no great harm to the living, even to the logical.”
“The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.”
“Mark how my fame rings out from zone to zone:A thousand critics shouting: "He's unknown!"”
“Study Herod, madame, study Herod.”

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Official website: donswaim.com
Image: Ambrose Bierce portrait by John Herbert Evelyn Partington (retouched).jpg

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date of disappearance: 1913-12-27
Commons category: Ambrose Bierce
date of birth: 1842-06-24
date of death: 1914-00-00
name in native language: Ambrose Bierce
pseudonym: William Herman
birth name: Ambrose Gwinnetter Bierice
start of work period: 1871-00-00

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Ambrose Bierce, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – c. 1914) was an American author, journalist, and poet. A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction. For his horror writing, Michael Dirda ranked him alongside Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft. S. T. Joshi speculates that he may well be the greatest satirist America has ever produced, and in this regard can take his place with such figures as Juvenal, Swift, and Voltaire. His war stories influenced Stephen Crane, Ernest Hemingway and others, and he was considered an influential and feared literary critic. In recent decades, Bierce has gained wider respect as a fabulist and poet.

His book The Devil's Dictionary was named one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. His story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" has been described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature", and his book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (also published as In the Midst of Life) was named by the Grolier Club one of the 100 most influential American books printed before 1900.

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