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Jack London

  • John Griffith Chaney
  • John Griffith London
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London, Jack
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Date of birth
1876-01-12
Place of birth
United States
Date of death
1916-11-22
Place of death
United States

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John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.

London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal welfare, workers' rights and socialism. London wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.

His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen".

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American author, journalist and social activist.

Last modified: 2020-08-09 (revision #19493)

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Goodreads Author ID
1240
ISNI
0000 0001 2130 9371
0000 0003 6864 1210
LibraryThing Author
londonjack
MusicBrainz Artist ID
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OpenLibrary Author ID
OL44633A
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46764200
Wikidata ID
Q45765

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