HERMAN MELVILLE

Birth Date : 01/08/1819
Death Date : 28/09/1891

HERMAN MELVILLE WAS AN AMERICAN NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER, AND POET OF THE AMERICAN RENAISSANCE PERIOD. HIS BEST KNOWN WORKS INCLUDE TYPEE, A ROMANTIC ACCOUNT OF HIS EXPERIENCES IN POLYNESIAN LIFE, AND HIS WHALING NOVEL MOBY-DICK. HIS WORK WAS ALMOST FORGOTTEN DURING HIS LAST 30 YEARS.