Henry Miller

Also known as Genri Miller, Henri Miller, Phineas Flapdoodle, Henry Valentine Miller

American novelist (1891–1980)

AI overview

Henry Miller was an American novelist known for his autobiographical and sexually explicit works that challenged literary conventions of his time. His controversial writings, including *Tropic of Cancer* and *Tropic of Capricorn*, made him an influential but banned figure in literature and helped expand the boundaries of what could be published in fiction.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 26 Dec 1891
Died: 7 Jun 1980
Works: 526

Top works

Nexus (Volume 1)
The Colossus of Maroussi
Leer en el retrete
Nexus (The rosy crucifixion)
The Colossus of Maroussi

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1904-03-01
Active to: 1944-12-15

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Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1,981
Total plays: 15,020

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Basic local alignment search tool
· 1990 · cited 80,871x
Use of Dinitrosalicylic Acid Reagent for Determination of Reducing Sugar
· 1959 · cited 22,502x
Welcome to the Tidyverse
· 2019 · cited 20,499x
The empirical mode decomposition and the Hilbert spectrum for nonlinear and non-stationary time series analysis
· 1998 · cited 19,824x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,989x

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Quotes

“The history of the world is the history of a privileged few.”
“Obscenity is a cleansing process, whereas pornography only adds to the murk.”
“She was to me, and still is, the greatest person I have known - one who can truly be called a "devoted" soul. I owe her everything.”
“A guy who's always interested in the condition of the world, and changing it, either has no problems of his own, or refuses to face them... not wanting to face things of his own nature.”
“This is not a book. This is libel, slander, defamation of character. This is not a book, in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of Art, a kick in the pants to God, Man, Destiny, Time, Love, Beauty ... what you will.”
“I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.”

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Encyclopedic overview

Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) 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 blends 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, and all of which were banned in the United States until 1961. He also wrote travel memoirs and literary criticism and painted watercolors.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Henry Miller” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.