![]() ![]() He published biographies about writer and poet Oliver Goldsmith (1849) and a the Islamist prophet Muhammad (1850). Irving continued to write regularly, returned from abroad and traveled deep into Indian territory, then accepted a post in Spain. Authors Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allen Poe and Herman Melville were among the distinguished authors who benefited from Irving's encouragement. Irving was among the first American writers to earn fame in Europe, along with James Fenimore Cooper. He moved to England in 1815 and gained international acclaim with the success of The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Irving made his literary debut in 1802, publishing a collection of observational letters under the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon. He is best known for his short stories, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle, both published in his book, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, as seven paper-bound installments between Jand September 13, 1820. Pen Name: Jonathan Oldstyle, Geoffrey Crayon Born: ApDied: November 28, 1859Īmerican author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat, Washington Irving was born in New York City in 1783. ![]()
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