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Jack London

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John Griffith "Jack London" Chaney (English: John Griffith "Jack London" Chaney; January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American realist writer of the 20th century. He was born into a bankrupt farming family in San Francisco. Since 1900, he has published and published many novels, telling the life stories of the lower class people in the United States. Most of his works have a strong color of racism and individualism, so some people think that he is a writer who promotes racism, while others think that he is a naturalist writer who expresses individualism and popular philosophy. He wrote prolifically throughout his life, leaving behind 19 novels, more than 150 short stories, and a large number of literary report collections, essay collections and papers. The most famous ones include "Martin Eden", "The Call of the Wild", "White Teeth", "Love of Life", "Sea Wolf", "Iron Heel", "Unprecedented Invasion" and other novels. He is one of the earliest commercial writers in the history of world literature and is therefore known as the pioneer of commercial writers.

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Writers
Nationality
United States
Born
1876-01-12
Died
1916-11-22
Wikidata
Q45765
Occupations writerjournalistnovelistwar correspondentessayistautobiographerscreenwriterscience fiction writerchildren's literature writertravel writeressayistpoetdiaristNavy Pvt (Russia)traveler
Aliases Jack LondonJohn Griffith "Jack London" ChaneyJohn Griffith "Jack" LondonJohn Griffith ChaneyJohn Griffith Chaney Londonjack londonjack londonjack londonJohn Griffith "Jack London" ChaneyJohn Griffith Chaney London

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