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NORRIS Frank (Norris Frank)

( American novelist, journalist.)

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(1870-1902)
Born March 5, 1870 in Chicago to a wealthy family. In 1887-1889 he studied art in Paris. In 1890-1894 he studied at the University of California, wrote stories for the student and local newspapers. In early 1892 published a romantic poem Ivernel, old French novel (Yvernell, A Tale of Feudal France). Then, under the influence of R. Kipling and RL Stevenson, R. H. Davis, William D. Howells, and E. Zola's naturalism was carried away. Graduate students began the novel Maktig (McTeague). In 1895 he entered Harvard University and studied writers' skill, wrote a novel in the spirit of Zola Vandover and the beast (Vandover and the Brute) about the spiritual impoverishment man continued to work on Maktigom, completed later in California.
In 1894-1896 was a correspondent of the newspaper 'Chronicle' (San Francisco) in Africa. Back in San Francisco, a weekly column of small outdoor drama in the journal 'Wave' ( 'The Wave'), in 1909, these essays and short stories were published in book form under the title of the third round (The Third Circle). Tale of Moran with 'Lady Letty' (Moran of the Lady Letty), were published in 1898 with sequels in the 'Wave', was released at the same publishing house Doubleday Maclura End ', and Norris was invited to work in its New York office. In 1898, Norris worked in Cuba as a reporter for 'Maclura Magazine', highlighting the Spanish-American War. In 1899 he published a novel Maktig and inspired by the history of his marriage Blix (Blix). Working in publishing consultant, recommended the publication of the novel Sister Carrie Dreiser T..

In 1899, Norris announced the intention of the epic trilogy about the recent history of American civilization, where the central 'character' will be wheat, embodying the forces of nature. Later, he published novels Octopus (The Octopus, 1901), Whirlpool: History of Chicago (The Pit: A Story of Chicago, 1903) - speculations on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Death from appendicitis October 25, 1902 prevented the creation of the final novel, The Wolf (The Wolf) and the next trilogy - about the Civil War in America.


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