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Henry Miller
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born
December 26, 1891
died
June 07, 1980
gender
male
place of birth
Yorkville, Manhattan, New York City, The United States
genre
Literature & Fiction
about this author
Henry Miller sought to reestablish the freedom to live without the conventional restraints of civilization. His books are potpourris of sexual description, quasi-philosophical speculation, reflection on literature and society, surrealistic imaginings, and autobiographical incident.
After living in Paris in the 1930s, he returned to the United States and settled in Big Sur, Calif. Miller's first two works, Tropic of Cancer (Paris, 1934) and Tropic of Capricorn (Paris, 1939), were denied publication in the U.S. until the early 1960s because of alleged obscenity. The Colossus of Maroussi (1941), a travel book of modern Greece, is considered by some critics his best work. His other writings include the Rosy Crucifixion Trilogy — S...more
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Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller avg rating 3.73 — 5,761 ratings — published 1934 46 editions |
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Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller avg rating 3.80 — 2,141 ratings — published 1939 31 editions |
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Sexus (Rosy Crucifixion, Book One) by Henry Miller avg rating 4.06 — 1,004 ratings — published 1949 23 editions |
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Black Spring by Henry Miller avg rating 3.86 — 712 ratings — published 1937 7 editions |
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Nexus (Rosy Crucifixion, Book 3) by Henry Miller avg rating 3.96 — 618 ratings — published 1960 18 editions |
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The Air-Conditioned Nightmare by Henry Miller avg rating 3.85 — 613 ratings — published 1945 2 editions |
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Plexus: The Rosy Crucifixion II by Henry Miller avg rating 4.03 — 570 ratings — published 1953 16 editions |
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Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch by Henry Miller avg rating 3.90 — 497 ratings — published 1957 7 editions |
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Quiet Days in Clichy by Henry Miller avg rating 3.73 — 466 ratings — published 1968 15 editions |
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The Colossus of Maroussi by Henry Miller avg rating 3.96 — 425 ratings — published 1941 9 editions |
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"The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware."
— Henry Miller
— Henry Miller
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life
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"Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music-the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself."
— Henry Miller
— Henry Miller
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life
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"Let me be, was all I wanted. Be what I am, no matter how I am."
— Henry Miller (Stand Still Like the Hummingbird)
— Henry Miller (Stand Still Like the Hummingbird)
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