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Stephen Crane

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    (November 1, 1871-June 5, 1900)
    Born in Newark, New Jersey
    Wrote novels ‘Maggie: A Girl of the Streets’ (1893) and ‘The Red Badge of Courage’ (1895)
    Wrote poems ‘A Man Saw a Ball of Gold’ (1895), ‘In the Desert’ (1895) and ‘Do Not Weep Maiden, for War is Kind’ (1899)
    War correspondent in Greece, Cuba and Mexico

Why he might be annoying:

    He had thirteen older siblings.
    He was constantly sick as a child.
    He did not begin attending school until age nine.
    At college, he often skipped class to play baseball.
    He had an affair with a married woman at age 20.
    His short, cryptic poems, admired by later generations, were mocked by contemporary reviewers.
    He married the owner of a brothel, who didn’t bother to divorce her first husband beforehand.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is one of the first great American realists.
    He taught himself to read by age four.
    By age 16 he had articles published in ‘The New York Tribune.’
    He lived in the slums of New York to research his novels.
    His battle scenes in ‘The Red Badge of Courage’ were so accurate many mistook him for a civil war veteran.
    He lived much of his adult life broke.
    He was shipwrecked near Cuba and survived several days in a dinghy.
    Joseph Conrad wrote to him, ‘My ideas fade-yours come out as sharp as cameos.’

Credit: Georgina


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Year In Review:

    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 29 Votes: 55.17% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 79 Votes: 53.16% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 26 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 35 Votes: 34.29% Annoying