Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane (1871–1900) was an American novelist, poet, and short-story writer best known for The Red Badge of Courage and Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. A major figure in American naturalism and realism, his vivid, psychologically acute writing helped shape modern American fiction before his death from tuberculosis at age 28.

Newark, United States Nov 1, 1871 Wikipedia
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