•以“欧亨利式结尾”闻名于世。 曼哈顿桂冠散文作家和美国现代短篇小说之父。
O.Henry was born in Greenboro, North Carolina.His father was a physician.When he was three, his mother died, and he was raised up by his grandmother and aunt.
出生于美国北卡罗来纳州格林斯波罗镇一个医师家庭, 三 岁丧母, 之后与祖母、姑姑一起生活。
Henry was an avid reader, but at the age of fifteen he left school, and then worked in a drug store and on a Texas ranch.He continued to Houston, where
O.Henry
Pen name : O.Henry
Another pen name :Olivier Henry
His primitive name : Williams Sydney Porter 原名: 威廉姆斯·西德尼·波特
O. Henry (1862-1910) was a prolific American short-story writer, a master of surprise endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. Although some critics were not so enthusiastic about his work, the public loved it.
做过许多工作, 在药房当学徒, 做过会计、土地局 办事员、记者。
