NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
American author (1804-1864)
Biography:
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem in 1804. From his early childhood he knew he wanted to write novels, so he shut himself away for 12 years to learn how to write fiction. In 1828 he anonymuosly published Fanshawe, without gaining much recognition. He then turned to children's literature and in 1841 three books were published (Grandfather's Chair, Famous Old People and Liberty Tree).
His first published novel singed by him was a compilation of short story which appeared in 1837 undel the title of Twice-Told Tales. His majot success was The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850. He also wrote The House of Seven Gables (1851) and The Snow Image (1852). Young Goodman Brown and Other Stories is another good collection of short stories, not published until 1992.
He is considered to be a central figure of the American Renaissance, together with Melville and Thoreau.