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Category:	Modern Literature
Name:	Owen Wister
Birth Year:	1860
Death Year:	1938
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Biography, Lectures, and Research Links:	Biography Blog Owen Wister SEARCH NOW: by title by author Owen Wister was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on July 14, 1860. Wister was as fluent in French as he was in English. He spent time in a Swiss boarding school and briefly in a school in England. However, he received most of his schooling at the Germantown Academy and St. Paul's school in Concord, New Hampshire, which he got into in 1873. Wister graduated from Harvard in 1882. At first, Wister wanted a music career and studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Ernest Guiraud, shortly after graduation. Due to bad health and a declining interest in music, he moved west near Buffalo. In the fall of 1885, he entered Harvard Law school and graduated in 1888. In 1891, he knew that his career had been determined in becoming a writer. In 1902, he wrote his most famous novel called The Virginian. It was a best seller for six months, and by 1938, it had sold over a million and a half copies. Wister married his second cousin in 1898. They had three sons and three daughters together. On July 21, 1938, Owen Wister died of a cerebral hemorrhage. [Adapted from American Collection] The Great Books: Owen Wister Please browse our Amazon list of titles about Owen Wister. For rare and hard to find works we recommend our Alibris list of titles about Owen Wister. Post Comments, Questions or Suggestions! This database is maintained by Malaspina Great Books.
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