What is Herman Melville?
{{Infobox Writer | name = Herman Melville | image = Herman Melville 1860.jpg | caption = Photograph of Herman Melville | birth_date = {{birth date|1819|8|1|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1891|9|28|1819|8|1|mf=y}} | death_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] | occupation = novelist, short story writer, teacher, sailor, lecturer, poet | nationality = American | genre = [[Travel literature|travelogue]], [[Captivity narrative]], [[Sea story]], [[Gothic Romanticism]], [[Allegory]], [[Tall tale]] | movement = [[Romanticism]], [[Dark Romanticism]], and [[Skepticism]]; precursor to [[Modernist literature|Modernism]], precursor to [[absurdism]] and [[existentialism]] }} '''Herman Melville''' (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an [[Americans|American]] [[novelist]], [[short story]] [[writer]], [[essayist]] and [[poet]]. He is best known for writing ''[[Moby-Dick]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Herman-Melville|title=Herman Melville {{!}} Books, Facts, & Biography|newspaper=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2017-09-11|language=en}}</ref> ==Related pages== *[[Billy Budd (opera)]] *[[List of poets from the United States]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Melville, Herman}} [[Category:1819 births]] [[Category:1891 deaths]] [[Category:19th-century American novelists]] [[Category:19th-century American poets]] [[Category:Writers from New York City]]