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Henry Miller

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born
December 26, 1891 in Yorkville, Manhattan, New York City, The United States

died
June 07, 1980

gender
male

genre
Literature & Fiction

influences
Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Blaise Cendrars


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 — Sexus (1949), P...more


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Average rating: 3.80 · 36,432 ratings · 2,197 reviews · 118 distinct works
Tropic of Cancer
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 15,256 ratings — published 1934 — 89 editions
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Tropic of Capricorn
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 5,165 ratings — published 1938 — 41 editions
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Sexus (The Rosy Crucifixion...
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 2,349 ratings — published 1949 — 43 editions
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Black Spring
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,514 ratings — published 1936 — 17 editions
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Nexus (The Rosy Crucifixion...
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 1,265 ratings — published 1959 — 25 editions
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Plexus (The Rosy Crucifixio...
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 1,282 ratings — published 1952 — 24 editions
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The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 1,137 ratings — published 1945 — 9 editions
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Quiet Days in Clichy
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 1,107 ratings — published 1955 — 25 editions
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Big Sur and the Oranges of ...
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 924 ratings — published 1957 — 9 editions
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The Colossus of Maroussi
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 849 ratings — published 1941 — 23 editions
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Series by Henry Miller

Sexus Plexus Nexus
The Rosy Crucifixion (3 books)
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Quotes by Henry Miller

“Let me be, was all I wanted. Be what I am, no matter how I am.”
― Henry Miller, Stand Still Like the Hummingbird
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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
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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
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