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Henry Miller

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

American novelist (1891–1980)

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Henry Miller was an American author and male artist from the United States. Born on December 26, 1891, and died on June 7, 1980, he began his work period in 1934. His literary output includes 526 works, with notable titles such as *Nexus (Volume 1)*, *The Colossus of Maroussi*, *Leer en el retrete*, and *Nexus (The rosy crucifixion)*.

Miller’s writing has been associated with spoken word, American literature, and 20th-century themes. He is often compared to other writers including James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Herbert Huncke, Hunter S. Thompson, and David Foster Wallace. His recorded works have been categorized under genres such as big band, jazz, swing, and vocal jazz.

Among his recorded statements are: “The history of the world is the history of a privileged few,” “Obscenity is a cleansing process, whereas pornography only adds to the murk,” and “I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.”

Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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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Music · MusicBrainz

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

Discography

DiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,981
Total plays
15,020

Tags

spoken wordamericanauthorvocalsex

Similar artists

James JoyceErnest HemingwayHerbert HunckeHunter S. ThompsonDavid Foster Wallace

Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American writer and painter. He is known for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of "novel" that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is distinctly always about and expressive of the real-life Henry Miller and yet is also fictional. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, and Black Spring. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Henry+Miller">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Basic local alignment search tool

    · 1990 · cited 80,871x

  2. Use of Dinitrosalicylic Acid Reagent for Determination of Reducing Sugar

    · 1959 · cited 22,502x

  3. Welcome to the Tidyverse

    · 2019 · cited 20,499x

  4. The empirical mode decomposition and the Hilbert spectrum for nonlinear and non-stationary time series analysis

    · 1998 · cited 19,824x

  5. 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.

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