Author
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William Dean Howells
author, critic, and playwright from the United States
1837
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1920
movement: literary realism
genre: novel
country of citizenship: United States of America
native language: English
language of expression: English
occupation: journalist, novelist, essayist, playwright, writer, literary critic, biographer, science fiction writer, children's writer
William Dean Howells (; March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly, as well as for his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria.
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21The Whole Family
collaborative novel told in twelve chapters, each by a different author
author: William Dean Howells, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Mary Heaton Vorse, Elizabeth Jordan, John Kendrick Bangs, Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, Henry James, Alice Brown, Henry van Dyke, Mary Stewart Cutting, Edith Franklin Wyatt
1908
