1. O.Henry's real name is William Sydney Porter born in 1862 and died in 1910
- known for his ironic plot twists and surprise endings
- Born and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina
- O.Henry dropped out of school at 15 to work in his uncle's drugstore
- In his 20's O.Henry moved to texas to work as a bank teller and a clerk for over 10 years.
- O.Henry started writing professionally in his mid 30's, he sold some stories to the Detroit Free Press and the Houston Daily Post
- In 1894 he had a weekly position creating humor magazine for The Rolling Stones
- "In 1896 O. Henry was charged with embezzling funds from the First National Bank of Austin, Texas"
- "The amount of money was small and might have been an accounting error; however, he chose to flee to Honduras rather than stand trial. Learning that his wife was dying, he returned to Texas in 1897 and, after her death, turned himself in to authorities. He served three years of a five-year sentence at the federal penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, where he first began to write short stories and use the pseudonym O. Henry."
- After released from prison O. Henry moved to New York City in 1901 and began writing full time.
No comments:
Post a Comment